The Arctic Guide
Subtitle: Wildlife of the Far North
Edition: First edition; Enhanced Credo edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: October 4, 2016
Place of publication: Princeton, New Jersey; Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Language: eng
Format: Flexibound
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780691139753
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Botany, arctic regions; Natural history, arctic regions
First sentence: TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS, the Arctic was the realm of Boreas, god of the north wind, and the region where the celestial sphere of northernmost stars was always visible.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-536) and indexes.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
title: 2; label: About This Book
title: 3; label: Geographic Coordinates
title: 4; label: Glossary
title: 5; label: Arktos
title: 10; label: Defining the Arctic
title: 11; label: Map of the Arctic
title: 12; label: Mammals
title: 25; label: Birds
title: 127; label: Fishes
title: 373; label: Lizards and Frogs
title: 399; label: Flies, Bees, and Butterflies
title: 401; label: Flora
title: 425; label: Bibliography
title: 535; label: Indexes
title: 537