Encyclopedia of the Arctic

Encyclopedia of the Arctic
Author: Mark Nuttall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2306
Release: 2005-09-23
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136786805

With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.

Stationing and Training of Increased Aviation Assets Within U.S. Army Alaska

Stationing and Training of Increased Aviation Assets Within U.S. Army Alaska
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2009
Genre: Military bases
ISBN:

An assessment of potential environmental impacts on a proposal to expand and reorganize aviation assets (more helicopters and soldiers) at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alternative locations considered include Fort Richardson in Anchorage and Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. Training missions would be conducted on all U.S. Army Alaska lands including the Donnelly, Tanana Flats, Yukon, Gerstle River, and Black Rapids training areas.

Overview

Overview
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher:
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1975
Genre: Natural gas
ISBN:

Advances in Parasitology

Advances in Parasitology
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0124017010

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases. The 2010 impact factor is1.683 - Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field - Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts

Field & Stream

Field & Stream
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1971-08
Genre:
ISBN:

FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

A Guide to Common Animals of Western North America

A Guide to Common Animals of Western North America
Author: Jerry G Chmielewski
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1524610577

The authors provide the tourist to western North America with a trilingual introduction to the wildlife. Our intent in this introductory guide is not to be exhaustive but instead to provide some background information on some of the wildlife3 you will hopefully encounter while visiting our rugged mountainous wilderness.

Trail of Story, Traveller's Path

Trail of Story, Traveller's Path
Author: Leslie Main Johnson
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 189742535X

This sensitive examination of the meanings of landscape draws on the author's rich experience with diverse enviornments and peoples: the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en of norwestern British Columbia, the Kaska Dena of the southern Yukon, and the Gwich'in of the Mackenzie Delta. Johnson maintains that the ways people understand and act upon land have wide implications, shaping cultures and ways of life, determining identity and polity, and creating and mainting environmental relationships and economies. Her emphassis on landscape and ways of knowing the land provides a particular take on ecological relationships of First Peoples to land.