A few months back I read a discussion on Paddlewise about the merits of Willard Bascom's "Waves and Beaches", and am trying to track down a copy to take to the Arctic with me. Something a bit more cheery to read than the Richardson/Franklin accounts of their journey across northern Canada and Bathurst Inlet in 1823! But for anyone who gets to the low (or high) Arctic , I would strongly recommend EC Pielou's book "A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic " Univ of Chicago Press 1994. ISBN 0-226-66814-2 (~$18 in paperback). It covers everything from climate/atmosphere to pack ice, polar coastline, flora and fauna, the sun's movement and position and "day-length" , to glacial terrain and tundra landforms. It is portable and indispensable, with great line drawings. I bought Pielou's book last spring , and found it an incredible source of information, which greatly increased my appreciation of the tundra on last's summer's expedition North. She also wrote "After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America". Which is also excellent, and recommended. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 29 2000 - 15:56:23 PST
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