Princeton University Press
The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North
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- Sharon Chester
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691139753
- 8.6 X 5.4 X 1.4 inches
- 2.45 pounds
- Nature > Animals - Wildlife
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
The definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlife
The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife--more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals--that inhabit the Arctic's polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans. It can be used anywhere in the entire Holarctic region, including Norway's Svalbard archipelago, Siberia, the Russian Far East, islands of the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, and Greenland. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enable these organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North. A color distribution map accompanies each species account, and alternative names in German, French, Norwegian, Russian, Inuit, and Inupiaq are also provided.
- Features superb color plates that allow for quick identification of more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals
- Includes detailed species accounts and color distribution maps
- Covers the flora and fauna of the entire Arctic region
Author Bio
Sharon Chester is a natural history writer, photographer and illustrator. She was a natural history lecturer on expedition cruise ships for thirteen years. She photographed remote locations for Comstock, a stock photo agency, for many years. Her photos have appeared in magazines and books such as National and International Wildlife, Ranger Rick, and Sierra Club's "Mother Earth: Through the Eyes of Women Photographers."
She has written and illustrated several field guides to the fauna and flora of the Antarctic and South Pacific, as well as destination guides to the Arctic and North Atlantic. Ms. Chester is author and illustrator of "A Wildlife Guide to Chile" published by Princeton University Press in 2008. Her book "The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North" is scheduled for publication by Princeton University Press in 2014. Sharon and her family migrate seasonally between homes in the San Francisco Bay area and rural Illinois.
Special Interests
Fauna and flora of the polar regions and South Pacific.
Source: University of California, Berkley
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