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A Naturalist in Alaska

Adolph Murie
A Naturalist in Alaska Book PDF

Author : Adolph Murie
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781789125238

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The larger mammals of North America are known mostly to a few big game hunters, while the ordinary public observes them only in captivity or tamed. Very few students of ecology have ever lived with these animals in their native habitat—even fewer have written about them from an ecological viewpoint. In this respect, Adolph Murie is almost unique. This book concerns the domestic ways of the wildlife in Alaska, the grizzly bear, the wolf, the lynx, the wolverine, the Dall sheep, the caribou, and the Arctic fox. But even more fascinating than the life cycles of these creatures are their interrelationships—prey and predator maintaining a delicate balance in one of the few remaining wildernesses of this continent.

A Naturalist in Alaska

Adolph 1899- Murie
A Naturalist in Alaska Book PDF

Author : Adolph 1899- Murie
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101500363X

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A Naturalist in Alaska by Adolph 1899- Murie Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Steller's Island

Dean Littlepage
Steller s Island Book PDF

Author : Dean Littlepage
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1594850577

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Steller's Island by Dean Littlepage Pdf

History, adventure, and science-the 18th century naturalist, Georg Steller, sailed to the north coast of North America and introduced its biological wonders to the world.

Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy

Ann Arnold
Sea Cows Shamans and Scurvy Book PDF

Author : Ann Arnold
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0374399476

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Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy by Ann Arnold Pdf

On June 4, 1741, Georg Wilhelm Steller set sail from Avacha Bay in Siberia on the St. Peter, under the command of Vitus Bering. The crew was bound for America on the last leg of an expedition whose mission was to explore, describe, and map Russia’s vast lands from the Ural Mountains across Siberia to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and possibly lay claim to the northwest coast of America – if they could find it, for no European had ever reached America by this route. Officially, Steller was the ship’s mineralogist, but in practice he was its doctor, minister, and naturalist as well. Appointed to the expedition in 1737 by the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg, he was sworn to secrecy concerning any discoveries. Making judicious use of Steller’s richly detailed journals and liberal use of illustrations and maps, Ann Arnold allows the reader to join Steller on this fascinating voyage and its final dangerous mission, which left half the crew dead and the rest suffering from scurvy.

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

Corey Ford
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back Book PDF

Author : Corey Ford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Alaska
ISBN : LCCN:67084036

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Account of Georg Wilhelm Steller's part in Bering's voyage of discovery from Kamchatka to Alaska, 1741-42.

Steller's Island

Dean Littlepage
Steller s Island Book PDF

Author : Dean Littlepage
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781594852626

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Steller's Island by Dean Littlepage Pdf

* Introduces a naturalist and explorer who predated Lewis and Clark and John Muir * Examines the historical legacy of the man whose name graces the Steller's jay, Steller sea lion, Steller's eider, and more * Places Steller's journey in context for today, following the impact of his discoveries to the present In 1741, a Russian expedition ship captained by Vitus Bering carried the first scientist to set foot anywhere on the western half of North America. Georg Steller would introduce the world to the staggering wealth and diversity of life of the North Pacific, providing the first European accounts of the sea otter, sea lion, northern fur seal, native Alaskan Chugach people, and more. Steller's Island is a fascinating tale of the rewards and perils of exploration in this era. It is about the courage of scientific curiosity, even in uncharted waters, alien lands, and desperate circumstances, including storms, scurvy, and shipwreck. Steller traveled deep into the wild with little on his back. In the one day Bering permitted him to explore Kayak Island along the southern Alaskan coast, he catalogued more than one hundred previously unknown plants. He was the only European naturalist to see the spectacled cormorant alive and his is our one and only account of the now extinct Steller's sea cow. In accounts of the Chugach and Aleut people, Steller was the first scientist to hypothesize an Asian origin for Native Americans. The crew of the St. Peter credited him with their lives: His novel prescription of wild greens cured their scurvy, and his knowledge of sea mammals and Native hunting techniques meant food for the starving.

Land of Extremes

Alex Huryn,John Hobbie
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Author : Alex Huryn,John Hobbie
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781602231825

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Land of Extremes by Alex Huryn,John Hobbie Pdf

This book is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of the North Slope, the only arctic tundra in the United States. The first section provides detailed information on climate, geology, landforms, and ecology. The second provides a guide to the identification and natural history of the common animals and plants and a primer on the human prehistory of the region from the Pleistocene through the mid-twentieth century. The appendix provides the framework for a tour of the natural history features along the Dalton Highway, a road connecting the crest of the Brooks Range with Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean, and includes mile markers where travelers may safely pull off to view geologic formations, plants, birds, mammals, and fish. Featuring hundreds of illustrations that support the clear, authoritative text, Land of Extremes reveals the arctic tundra as an ecosystem teeming with life.

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

Corey Ford
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back Book PDF

Author : Corey Ford
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780882409733

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Where the Sea Breaks Its Back by Corey Ford Pdf

Author Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Whilhelm Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering. Steller was one of Europe's foremost naturalists and the first to document the unique wildlife of the Alaskan coast. In the course of the voyage, Steller made his valuable discoveries and suffered, along with Bering and the cred of the ill fated brig St. Peter, some of the most grueling experiences in the history of Arctic exploration. First published in 1966, Where the Sea Breaks Its Back was hailed as "among this country's greatest outdoor writing" by Field & Stream magazine, and today continues to enchant and enlighten the new generations of readers about this amazing and yet tragic expedition, and Georg Steller's significant discoveries as an early naturalist.

Travels in Alaska

John Muir
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Author : John Muir
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780486816722

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Travels in Alaska by John Muir Pdf

The Sierra Club founder and eminent conservationist narrates a memorable Alaskan travelogue. Muir's observations range from the geology of Glacier Bay to the history and culture of the Chinook people.

The Wilderness of Denali

Charles Sheldon
The Wilderness of Denali Book PDF

Author : Charles Sheldon
Publisher : New York ; London : C. Scribner's sons
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Denali, Mount (Alaska)
ISBN : PSU:000056747751

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Account of the author's travels at the beginning of the century in Alaska.

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

Corey Ford
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back Book PDF

Author : Corey Ford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Alaska
ISBN : OCLC:1259657213

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A splendid account of the final voyage of explorer Vitus Bering and of the life of naturalist Georg Steller (1709-1746), who accompanied Bering on the 1741 crossing into the uncharted North Pacific.

The Naturalist

Darrin Lunde
The Naturalist Book PDF

Author : Darrin Lunde
Publisher : Crown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307464316

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Winner of the inaugural Theodore Roosevelt Association Book Prize A captivating account of how Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America’s wildlife conservation movement and determined his legacy as a founding father of today’s museum naturalism. No U.S. president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than is Theodore Roosevelt—prodigious hunter, tireless adventurer, and ardent conservationist. We think of him as a larger-than-life original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde has firmly situated Roosevelt’s indomitable curiosity about the natural world in the tradition of museum naturalism. As a child, Roosevelt actively modeled himself on the men (including John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird) who pioneered this key branch of biology by developing a taxonomy of the natural world—basing their work on the experiential study of nature. The impact that these scientists and their trailblazing methods had on Roosevelt shaped not only his audacious personality but his entire career, informing his work as a statesman and ultimately affecting generations of Americans’ relationship to this country’s wilderness. Drawing on Roosevelt’s diaries and travel journals as well as Lunde’s own role as a leading figure in museum naturalism today, The Naturalist reads Roosevelt through the lens of his love for nature. From his teenage collections of birds and small mammals to his time at Harvard and political rise, Roosevelt’s fascination with wildlife and exploration culminated in his triumphant expedition to Africa, a trip which he himself considered to be the apex of his varied life. With narrative verve, Lunde brings his singular experience to bear on our twenty-sixth president’s life and constructs a perceptively researched and insightful history that tracks Roosevelt’s maturation from exuberant boyhood hunter to vital champion of serious scientific inquiry.

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

E.C. Pielou
A Naturalist s Guide to the Arctic Book PDF

Author : E.C. Pielou
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780226148670

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A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic by E.C. Pielou Pdf

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.

The Bears of Brooks Falls: Wildlife and Survival on Alaska's Brooks River

Michael Fitz
The Bears of Brooks Falls Wildlife and Survival on Alaska s Brooks River Book PDF

Author : Michael Fitz
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781682685112

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The Bears of Brooks Falls: Wildlife and Survival on Alaska's Brooks River by Michael Fitz Pdf

A natural history and celebration of the famous bears and salmon of Brooks River. On the Alaska Peninsula, where exceptional landscapes are commonplace, a small river attracts attention far beyond its scale. Each year, from summer to early fall, brown bears and salmon gather at Brooks River to create one of North America’s greatest wildlife spectacles. As the salmon leap from the cascade, dozens of bears are there to catch them (with as many as forty-three bears sighted in a single day), and thousands of people come to watch in person or on the National Park Service’s popular Brooks Falls Bearcam. The Bears of Brooks Falls tells the story of this region and the bears that made it famous in three parts. The first forms an ecological history of the region, from its dormancy 30,000 years ago to the volcanic events that transformed it into the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. The central and longest section is a deep dive into the lives of the wildlife along the Brooks River, especially the bears and salmon. Readers will learn about the bears’ winter hibernation, mating season, hunting rituals, migration patterns, and their relationship with Alaska’s changing environment. Finally, the book explores the human impact, both positive and negative, on this special region and its wild population.

Raven's Witness

Hank Lentfer
Raven s Witness Book PDF

Author : Hank Lentfer
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781680513080

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Raven's Witness by Hank Lentfer Pdf

2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Mountain Literature Richard K. Nelson was the host of the national public radio series, "Encounters" Nelson was an anthropologist who lived with Alaska Native tribes and spoke both Inupiag and Koyukon Based on Nelson’s journals and interviews with Gary Snyder, Barry Lopez, Rick Bass, and others "He listened to his [Native Alaskan] teachers, immersed himself in their landscapes as a naturalist, and became, without intending to, a great teacher himself." --Barry Lopez, from the foreword Before his death in 2019, cultural anthropologist, author, and radio producer Richard K. Nelson’s work focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more generally, on the relationships between people and nature. Nelson lived for extended periods in Athabaskan and Alaskan Eskimo villages, experiences which inspired his earliest written works, including Hunters of the Northern Ice In Raven’s Witness, Lentfer tells Nelson’s story--from his midwestern childhood to his first experiences with Native culture in Alaska through his own lifelong passion for the land where he so belonged. Nelson was the author of the bestselling The Island Within and Heart and Blood. The recipient of multiple honorary degrees and numerous literary awards, he regularly packed auditoriums when he spoke. His depth of experience allowed him to become an intermediary between worlds. This is his story. Find out more at www.ravenswitness.com, and learn how you can help bring this story to life here.