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The Arctic Guide

Wildlife of the Far North

Sharon Chester

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English
Princeton University Press
02 January 2017
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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Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   109
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 36mm
Weight:   1.106kg
ISBN:   9780691139753
ISBN 10:   069113975X
Series:   Princeton Field Guides
Pages:   544
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sharon Chester is a naturalist, wildlife photographer, illustrator, and author of several natural history guides, including A Wildlife Guide to Chile (Princeton). She splits her time between San Mateo, California, and her home in Fulton, Illinois, near the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

Reviews for The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North

This book takes my breath away and it may leave you gasping with glee, too. Ms. Chester begins with a lively crash course in boreal geography and ecology, then begins her heroic march through nearly all of taxonomy... The Arctic Guide takes the reader on a tour de force of nearly everything that's interesting in the circumboreal world. --Ed Kanze, Bedford (NY) Record-Review


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