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Published: 1st January 1994
ISBN: 9780226668147
Number Of Pages: 344
This book is a practical, portable guide to all of the Arctic's natural history—sky, atmosphere, terrain, ice, the sea, plants, birds, mammals, fish, and insects—for 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 questions—some of them answered—that naturalists may not even have thought of.
| 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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ISBN: 9780226668147
ISBN-10: 0226668142
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 344
Published: 1st January 1994
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24
x 2.54
Weight (kg): 0.55
Edition Number: 2
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