{"product_id":"wildlife-of-the-north-animals-of-the-high-latitudes-of-north-america-and-europe-paperback","title":"Wildlife of the North: Animals of the High Latitudes of North America and Europe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH舁le Flygare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eValerius Geist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Holroyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Arctic is the greatest wilderness on Earth\", says wildlife guide and photographer H舁le Flygare.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this beautiful book of pictures of birds and mammals of the high country and far north, two eminent biologists (\u003cb\u003eValerius Geist\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGeoff Holroyd\u003c\/b\u003e) and two well-travelled nature photographers with many years experience observing wild animals (\u003cb\u003eH舁le Flygare\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWayne Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e) depict and describe the wild survivors of the great ice age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Before that period, our now-temperate regions were populated by giants: woolly mammoths, enormous bison, short-faced bears, American cheetahs, ground sloths, gigantic beavers and deer with 4-metre wide antlers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But even now, \"North\" means \"big\". This book shows Polar and Alaska Brown bears, big wild sheep, caribou and cougars; whales, orcas, narwhals and beluga whales; wolves, golden and bald eagles, and walrus. But the smaller Arctic mammals and birds are here too: Arctic fox, hares, otters and geese, loons and ptarmigan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The backdrop is sometimes snow and ice, sometimes the splendid color of a northern autumn, in scarlets and golds, and the blues of coastal waters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The text is both factual -- explaining why the creatures have evolved to look and behave the way they do -- and revelatory: why we need to slow climate change, reduce poisons and habitat loss in the environment as bird populations slide. Why changing the population decline is important to us as humans on Planet Earth. What we should, and can, do. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e H舁le Flygare lives in Alberta, where he worked for Canada's Park Service for many years and has been a wildlife guide and photographer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Valerius Geist was a zoologist, who studied mountain sheep in British Columbia and was a professor of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. He died in 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Geoffrey Holroyd is a bird biologist whose career included 36 years in the Canadian Wildlife Service. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Wayne Lynch is a celebrated wildlife photographer. His recent books include \u003ci\u003ePenguins of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGalapagos: A Traveler's Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.92 x 9.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764966064416,"sku":"9780228104551","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/804d4c8e8139b2fcfd34fa390c30a8af.webp?v=1780259040","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wildlife-of-the-north-animals-of-the-high-latitudes-of-north-america-and-europe-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}