The Arctic : the complete story / Richard Sale ; photographs by Per Michelsen and Richard Sale.

By:

Sale, Richard, 1946-

Contributor(s):

Michelsen, Per

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Frances Lincoln, 2008.Description: 632 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 31 cmISBN:

9780711227071
0711227071

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

919.8 22

LOC classification:

G608 .S29 2008

Contents:

pt. 1. Natural Environment -- pt. 2. Human History of the Arctic -- pt. 3. Habitats and Wildlife -- pt. 4. Traveller's Guide to the Arctic -- pt. 5. Vulnerable Ecosystem.

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This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive

Summary: "[D]ivided into chapters which explore the natural environment of the Arctic-the underlying geology, snow and ice, the climate and atmospheric phenomena-before considering human settlement and exploration." Also considers "human settlement and exploration", and looks "at travel to the various countries which fringe the Arctic."--Page 2 of cover.

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Non-Fiction	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	919.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00500187

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Includes index.

pt. 1. Natural Environment -- pt. 2. Human History of the Arctic -- pt. 3. Habitats and Wildlife -- pt. 4. Traveller's Guide to the Arctic -- pt. 5. Vulnerable Ecosystem.

"[D]ivided into chapters which explore the natural environment of the Arctic-the underlying geology, snow and ice, the climate and atmospheric phenomena-before considering human settlement and exploration." Also considers "human settlement and exploration", and looks "at travel to the various countries which fringe the Arctic."--Page 2 of cover.

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