Travel to Polar Regions

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

Format: Paperback
Author: E. C. Pielou
ReleaseDate: 01 January, 1995
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Rating:

Arctic Ecotour guide's life-line
When I found this book, it remidied the necessity to carry so many books. I worked for four years in a remote, eco-lodge and used to carry at least five books for the guest who wanted to know everything. This book covers enough topics to be useful in almost every situation. It is well written and clear. This book was my life-line and I recommend it to everyone who is travelling north of the tree-line.

a book to be read again and again
Having this book along helps one appreciate the beauty and inter-related nature of the terrain. I have backpacked on the arctic plain on numerous occasions. This is a book to be read more than once; read it on the flight to Alaska. Reading about how the insects torment the caribou makes one appreciate that one has repellants along, and a tent to be inside of. Of the various guides I have been with, this is almost a standard reference book to have with them.

Beautifully illustrated, elegantly written
While a combination of other books may be more comprehensive, if I had to trek north to the Yukon, this is what I would throw in my backpack. This book is a "must have" for the advanced undergraduate, beginning grad student, or serious amateur naturalist interested in the North. Pielou's knowledge and love of the high latitudes bursts through every page, and the pen and ink illustrations convey a real sense of both fauna and flora.

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