To the Arctic : an introduction to the far northern world / Steven B. Young.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Wiley science editionsPublication details: New York : Wiley, c1989. Description: xiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0471620823; 9780471620822Subject(s): Natural history -- Arctic regions | Arctic regions -- Description and travelDDC classification: 508.3113 LOC classification: QH84.1 | .Y68 1989Online resources: WorldCat details | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section | Non-fiction | 508.311 3 YOT 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C-1 | Not For Loan | 1348 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
TOC 1. Bears, boreas, and celestial mechanics: How we define and subdivide the polar regions --
2. Polar weather and climate --
3. Ice and snow --
4. Glaciers and glaciology --
5. Poplar landscapes: Glacial geology and geomorphology --
6. The periglacial environment --
7. Ice ages --
8. Gateway to the Arctic: The northern forest and the timberline --
9. Tundra vegetation and zonation --
10. Tundra animals --
11. Cold seas, shores, and inland waters --
12. Birds of the Arctic --
13. Ice ages II --
14. The human presence in the Arctic.
Summary:
Comprehensive overview of the flora and fauna, ecology, geology, climate, history, development, and importance of the entire polar region.
Sociology
Sagar Shahanawaz
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