The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North (Princeton Field Guides)

Review ------ This book takes my breath away and it may leave you ping with glee, too. Ms. Chester begins with a lively c course in boreal geography and ecology, then begins her heroic march through nearly all of taxonomy. . . . The Arctic Guide takes the reader on a tour de force of nearly everything that's interesting in the circumboreal world.---Ed Kanze, Bedford (NY) Record-Review Do you plan a visit to Alaska? If you do, you could do no better preparing for your natural history observations than by reading Sharon Chester's The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North.---Gerry Rising, Buffalo Spree This is a phenomenal book. It covers the species you'd expect--birds and marine mammals--in depth. But it also includes fish, flies, even flora. It's the only book a naturalist requires for a field trip to the Arctic.---Matt Miller, Cool Green Science This handy tome not only covers this vast region's fauna, but also touches upon climate, flora, atmospheric phenomena, landforms and oceanography. . . . The illustrations are simply sublime. . . . As a longtime Arctic guide, I recommend Chester's wholeheartedly. . . . Browse it and daydream or stuff it into your river drybag or backpack if you head north this summer.---Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News The Arctic Guide celebrates a vast region's biodiversity. It shoehorns high-latitude lavishness between pocket-size paperback covers, and does so handsomely (and with a sewn binding that prevents its spine from cracking), at the price of a takeaway meal.---Michael Engelhard, Times Literary Supplement An excellent one-stop guide to the Arctic.---Helen Ashton, Reference Reviews "I can think of no other book that covers the same territory so completely."--George L. Armistead, coauthor of Better Birding "This book is an astonishing achievement. It is the perfect one-stop field guide for anyone visiting the Arctic, whether in the Old World or the New World."--Nigel Redman, coauthor of Birds of the Horn of Africa From the Back Cover ------------------- "I can think of no other book that covers the same territory so completely."--George L. Armistead, coauthor of Better Birding "This book is an astonishing achievement. It is the perfect one-stop field guide for anyone visiting the Arctic, whether in the Old World or the New World."--Nigel Redman, coauthor of Birds of the Horn of Africa

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