Arctic Eden

Journeys Through the Changing High Arctic

Jerry Kobalenko (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2010
Greystone Books,Canada (Verlag)
978-1-55365-442-1 (ISBN)

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In this intimate portrait, Jerry Kobalenko shares a series of journeys he has taken around the High Arctic by foot, skis, kayak, and ship that provide a multifaceted view of this most beautiful and most vulnerable part of the Arctic. Combining natural history, exploration, and personal experiences gathered during 20 years of Arctic travel, the book explores the ice caps and glaciers of Ellesmere Island; introduces us to Axel Heiberg's magical fossil forest of cypress trees; follows the author's journey of more than 400 miles on skis from Devon Island to Alexander Fiord, punctuated by several near-fatal encounters with polar bears; and comments on changes in climate Kobalenko has witnessed throughout the High Arctic. The book also showcases Kobalenko's magnificent photographs of the region, capturing wildlife such as walruses, muskoxen, and Arctic wolves, and stunning geographical features from towering icebergs to virgin snowscapes under a sky of wild lenticular clouds.

Jerry Kobalenko's words and images have been published in hundreds of publications around the world, including National Geographic, Outside, Conde Nast, BBC Wildlife, and Time. He is the author of The Horizontal Everest, a literary travel book. He lives in Banff, Alberta.

Introduction Chapter 1: Love at First Sight Chapter 2: Everlasting Ices Chapter 3: A Good Climate for Loafing Chapter 4: Edge of the Polar Sea Chapter 5: National Park Blues Chapter 6: Travels on a Legless Donkey Chapter 7: The Hardest Test Epilogue

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2010
Zusatzinfo	Color photos throughout
Sprache	englisch
Maße	280 x 267 mm
Gewicht	1357 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Reisen ► Bildbände
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-55365-442-0 / 1553654420
ISBN-13	978-1-55365-442-1 / 9781553654421
Zustand	Neuware