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Author: T. Neil Davis
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompilation of 400 of the approximately 520 articles written for the Alaska Science Forum, a weekly series of short columns discussing facts about the north. Topics include auroras, astronomy, weather, water and ice, the sea, volcanoes, earthquakes, tectonics, northern plants and animals, history and living in the north.
Author: Nancy Gates
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 0882409980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThose looking for facts about Alaska turn to Alaska's best known and trusted fact book, The Alaska Alamanc. This affordable, best‐selling guide is filled with accurate, timely facts on the geography, history, economy, employment, recreation, climate, and peoples of this large and diverse state.
Author: John Kauffmann
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 1992-11-30
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1594858292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK* Explores both geologic and human history of the region * Includes a sampling of literature inspired by the Brooks Range * Examines past, present, and future conservation efforts in this extraordinary place Not just the ultimate mountains for their northernmost location on the North American continent, the Brooks Range also is one of the world's last, great, unspoiled wildernesses. A land of environmental and cultural extremes, its impressions on those who visit or reside there is as far-ranging as humankind's effect on the Range itself. Austere, mystical, and stunningly beautiful, the psychic and corpreal influence of the region is inescapable. Alaska's Brooks Range: The Ultimate Mountains looks at the many facets that make this region so provocative and so worthy of our strongest preservation efforts. It explores the geologic origins of some of the most desolate beauty on earth; the native inhabitants-both man and animal-whose age-old methods of survival have been altered by the winds from the lower 48; and the human history, from the early British military explorers to gold panners to the geographers who first mapped the Arctic wilderness. The story of Bob Marshall traces his influence as the father of the Arctic conservation movement, and Range Writings offers a sampling of literature inspired by the Brooks Range experience. Finally, this book takes a hard look at past, present, and proposed conservation efforts in the Brooks Range, because there is much more at stake than land and wildlife in this last frontier. The future of humankind is here, where the rarity of existence in pristine country is an everyday reality, where we can learn how best to fit in without destroying the scheme of life so exquisitely evolved on this planet. Alaska's Brooks Range is an affectionate portrait of an untamed territory-a land that challenges the limits of its natural inhabitants and those of human spirit and providence.
Author: John M. Kauffmann
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780898863475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly drawn, in-depth profile of one of the world's last unspoiled wildernesses.
Author: Marvin W. Falk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2006-03-30
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 0313082987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarvin W. Falk offers a systemic and select listing of just over 3,000 publications on the history of Alaska, published from the 18th century to early 2004. Early explorations were conducted by nationals from several nations, and the results were published in Russian, German, French, Spanish, and English. Many of these foreign language accounts have been published in translation and are included in the bibliography. This bibliography covers a wide span of Alaskan history including historical literature from: Discovery in 1741 The Russian period ending in 1867 The U.S. territorial period ending with statehood in 1959 The oil boom
Author: Nancy Gates
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
Published: 2005-11-01
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0882406051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith facts and figures on geography, history, economy, cultures, and peoples of the Last Frontier, the 29th edition is packed with all-about-Alaska information for people who dream of visiting Alaska, as well as long-lasting sourdoughs.
Author: Marvin W. Falk
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven Kluwer--with only a sales office in the U.S.--prints CiP in their books. A house publishing books for libraries should always display cataloging-in-publication: irresponsible. This is another good bibliography in a widely used series. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Paul Dickson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0802713653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocuments the personal and political events surrounding the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 and provides a glimpse into the lives of the people responsible for creating the first man-made object in space.
Author: Sharon Chester
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1400865964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlife The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife—more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the Arctic’s polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans. It can be used anywhere in the entire Holarctic region, including Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, Siberia, the Russian Far East, islands of the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, and Greenland. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enable these organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North. A color distribution map accompanies each species account, and alternative names in German, French, Norwegian, Russian, Inuit, and Inupiaq are also provided. Features superb color plates that allow for quick identification of more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals Includes detailed species accounts and color distribution maps Covers the flora and fauna of the entire Arctic region
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes entries for maps and atlases.
