Arctic autumn
Subtitle: a journey to season's edge
By: Pete Dunne
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618822218
Subjects: Natural history; Autumn; NATURE / Ecology; NATURE / Seasons; NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Description: "A season of transition in North America's last great wilderness From Nunavut and the Barren Lands of Canada to the westernmost edge of Alaska and back to Churchill, Manitoba, Pete Dunne's experiences in the Arctic comprise wilderness, laughter, and contemplation. Whether hunting caribou, examining the balance between the needs of molting geese and society's thirst for oil, or observing majestic but threatened polar bears, Dunne insightfully considers his own life, our interactions with the natural world, and the importance of the Arctic, the planet's last frontier"--