Screen LibraryTo the Arctic：an introduction to the far northern world
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Wiley,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c1989. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Wiley science editions |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 354 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0471620823 (cloth) |
| Index Number: | N911 |
| CLC: |
N911.662 P941.62 |
| Call Number: | N911.662/Y76 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Bears, boreas, and celestial mechanics: How we define and subdivide the polar regions -- 2. Polar weather and climate -- 3. Ice and snow -- 4. Glaciers and glaciology -- 5. Poplar landscapes: Glacial geology and geomorphology -- 6. The periglacial environment -- 7. Ice ages -- 8. Gateway to the Arctic: The northern forest and the timberline -- 9. Tundra vegetation and zonation -- 10. Tundra animals -- 11. Cold seas, shores, and inland waters -- 12. Birds of the Arctic -- 13. Ice ages II -- 14. The human presence in the Arctic. |