Arctic autumn a journey to season's edge
Record details
- ISBN: 9780547607368 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0547607369 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi, 258 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.). - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Where seasons meet -- Fourth of July parade -- Oil and feathers don't mix -- The barren lands -- Bob and Lisa and Linda and Pete's most excellent trip to the john -- Men without buntings -- Hunting with Heimo -- The polar bear's picnic. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Natural history -- Arctic regions Autumn -- Arctic regions NATURE / Seasons NATURE / Ecology NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
"A season of transition in North America's last great wilderness From Nunavut and the Barren Lands of Canada to the westernmost edge of Alaska and back to Churchill, Manitoba, Pete Dunne's experiences in the Arctic comprise wilderness, laughter, and contemplation. Whether hunting caribou, examining the balance between the needs of molting geese and society's thirst for oil, or observing majestic but threatened polar bears, Dunne insightfully considers his own life, our interactions with the natural world, and the importance of the Arctic, the planet's last frontier"--