The Great Alaska Nature Factbook: A Guide to the State's Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural Features
Autor Susan Ewingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2011
The Great Alaska Nature Factbook describes the diversity of plants and animals in Alaska. Illustrated with line drawings, the text has entries for the 105 species of mammals, nearly 300 birds, and 1,500 species of plants. The author also provides an overview of the six regions and the natural features such as the Bering Land Bridge, mineral deposits, and hot springs. It is a field guide or "minature encyclopedia" of facts and trivia about Alaska. Index and Further readings are also included.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780882408385
ISBN-10: 0882408380
Pagini: 223
Ilustrații: 50
Dimensiuni: 141 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: ALASKA NORTHWEST BOOKS
ISBN-10: 0882408380
Pagini: 223
Ilustrații: 50
Dimensiuni: 141 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: ALASKA NORTHWEST BOOKS
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Cuprins
Acknowledgements Pg 5
Alaska ߝ No Small Wonder Pg 7
Alaska’s Geographic Regions Pg 9
Animals A to Z Pg 17
Plants A to Z Pg 115
Natural Features A to Z Pg 159
Further Reading Pg 217
Index Pg 218
Alaska ߝ No Small Wonder Pg 7
Alaska’s Geographic Regions Pg 9
Animals A to Z Pg 17
Plants A to Z Pg 115
Natural Features A to Z Pg 159
Further Reading Pg 217
Index Pg 218
Recenzii
The Great Alaska Nature Factbook
"Nature writer Ewing delights in the unusual and brings a mischievous sense of humor to transform an overwhelming amount of information into engaging and reader-friendly entries sure to delight anyone with a curiosity about the natural world."
"Nature writer Ewing delights in the unusual and brings a mischievous sense of humor to transform an overwhelming amount of information into engaging and reader-friendly entries sure to delight anyone with a curiosity about the natural world."
--Alaska Magazine (Editor's Choice)
Notă biografică
I wanted to be a veterinarian or a girl Davy Crockett when I grew up. As it turns out, I became a writer. It still surprises me. I've written several nonfiction books on natural history and two illustrated children's books, and my essays, articles, and short stories have appeared in a variety of national magazines and anthologies including the books Great Rocky Mountain Nature Factbook, Ten Rowdy Ravens, and Lucky Hares and Itchy Bears.
My writing has a broad range because my life has been one grand survey of topics and experiences. Born and raised in Kentucky, I headed north and west soon after graduating from high school, living in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for many years. Before settling into writing, I worked a variety of jobs, including bull cook in the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, commercial fisher, print shop photolithographer, waitress, flower delivery driver, mining claim staker, energy use advisor, and wildlife information officer. Somewhere in there I graduated from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. In 1991 I moved to the Gallatin Valley of Montana, and here I am, still.
My writing has a broad range because my life has been one grand survey of topics and experiences. Born and raised in Kentucky, I headed north and west soon after graduating from high school, living in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for many years. Before settling into writing, I worked a variety of jobs, including bull cook in the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, commercial fisher, print shop photolithographer, waitress, flower delivery driver, mining claim staker, energy use advisor, and wildlife information officer. Somewhere in there I graduated from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. In 1991 I moved to the Gallatin Valley of Montana, and here I am, still.
Extras
"Musk Ox. If they look like they stepped out of the last ice age, it's because the did. Alaska's musk oxen of today are identical to the ones that were around one hundred thousand years ago. Why changes something that works? Wrapped in six-inch-thick underfur and a long overcoat of windproof, snowproof guard hairs that nearly drag the ground, musk oxen (Ovibos moschatus) are tailor-made for their environment."
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Through engaging text and illustrations, The Great Nature Factbook reveals the North Country's natural wonders:
One acre of tundra can contain an estimated two tons of living fungi.
Fourteen species of wild orchid grow in Alaska.
Denali National Park and Preserve was once-upon-a-time a tropical forest.
Loons can sink straight down in the water like submarines.
The Bering Glacier complex in the Chugach Mountains is twice the size of Rhode Island.
Alaska hosts over 100 million seabirds every year.
One acre of tundra can contain an estimated two tons of living fungi.
Fourteen species of wild orchid grow in Alaska.
Denali National Park and Preserve was once-upon-a-time a tropical forest.
Loons can sink straight down in the water like submarines.
The Bering Glacier complex in the Chugach Mountains is twice the size of Rhode Island.
Alaska hosts over 100 million seabirds every year.
Descriere
Ewing describes the diversity of plants and animals in Alaska. Illustrated with line drawings, the text has entries for the 105 species of mammals, nearly 300 birds, and 1,500 species of plants. The author also provides an overview of the six regions and the natural features such as the Bering Land Bridge, mineral deposits, and hot springs.