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9780226668147

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

by Pielou, E. C.
  • ISBN13:

    9780226668147

  • ISBN10:

    0226668142

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780226148670

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-11-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary

This book is a practical, portable guide to all of the Arctic's natural historysky, atmosphere, terrain, ice, the sea, plants, birds, mammals, fish, and insectsfor those who will experience the Arctic firsthand and for armchair travelers who would just as soon read about its splendors and surprises. It is packed with answers to naturalists' questions and with questionssome of them answeredthat naturalists may not even have thought of.

Table of Contents

Contents
Sky
The Land of the Midnight Sun What about the Midday Moon? A Compass near the Magnetic Pole
The Geomagnetic Pole
The Aurora Borealis, or ""Northern Lights""
Climate and Atmosphere
The Arctic Climate
The Seasons
The Climate near the Ground Arctic Mirages
Ther Air Made Visible
Terrain Ice Caps and Glaciers Permafrost Traces of the Ice Age Tundra Polygons Pingos Peat: Peat Mounds, Palsas, and Peat Plateaus Tundra Hummocks Patterned Ground of Other Kinds Underground ice Thawing landscapes Arct
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