Richard Sale is the author of Polar Reaches: The History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration. He lives in the UK.
Per Michelsen frequently photographs the northern reaches of the globe. He lives in Norway.
Acknowledgments | p. 4 |
Preface | p. 5 |
Introduction | p. 6 |
Defining the Arctic | p. 6 |
Arctic geology | p. 9 |
The Arctic climate | p. 19 |
Humans in the Arctic | p. 23 |
Arctic habitats | p. 30 |
Adaptations for Arctic life | p. 36 |
Speciation and biogeography | p. 42 |
The fragile Arctic | p. 45 |
How to use the field guides | p. 54 |
Field guide to Arctic birds | p. 57 |
Loons | p. 58 |
Grebes | p. 66 |
Albatrosses, petrels and allies | p. 71 |
Cormorants | p. 78 |
Wildfowl | p. 82 |
Swans | p. 84 |
Geese | p. 88 |
Ducks | p. 102 |
Raptors | p. 138 |
Grouse | p. 160 |
Cranes | p. 165 |
Waders | p. 170 |
Plovers | p. 171 |
Stints and sandpipers | p. 179 |
Snipes and dowitchers | p. 203 |
Curlews, godwits and allies | p. 208 |
Turnstones | p. 222 |
Phalaropes | p. 224 |
Skuas | p. 232 |
Gulls | p. 240 |
Terns | p. 259 |
Auks | p. 261 |
Owls | p. 283 |
Kingfishers | p. 287 |
Larks | p. 288 |
Swallows | p. 290 |
Pipits and wagtails | p. 291 |
Thrushes and chats | p. 299 |
Warblers, tits and chickadees | p. 306 |
Crows | p. 310 |
New World warblers | p. 315 |
New World sparrows and buntings | p. 320 |
Finches | p. 334 |
Field guide to Arctic mammals | p. 341 |
Shrews | p. 342 |
Rodents | p. 348 |
Lagomorphs | p. 367 |
Ungulates | p. 372 |
Carnivores | p. 382 |
Dogs | p. 382 |
Bears | p. 389 |
Cats | p. 398 |
Mustelids | p. 400 |
Pinnipeds | p. 412 |
Cetaceans | p. 430 |
A visitor's guide to the Arctic | p. 456 |
Index | p. 462 |
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