| Description |
xxix, 464 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 445-448. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Pond's Bay, Baffin Island -- Arktikos -- Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus -- Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus -- Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros -- Migration: Corridors of breath -- Ice and light -- Country of the mind -- Intent of the monks -- Northern passage -- Epilogue: Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea -- Notes -- Maps -- Appendices -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
For better readers, an account of the history, ecology, and mystique of the arctic region. |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Arctic regions.
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Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
0684185784 |
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