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Author: Arctic Council Publisher: ISBN: Category : Arctic regions Languages : en Pages : 107
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"While Alaska is the only U.S. state with land above the Arctic Circle, each of the other 49 states, as well as the District of Columbia, enjoys special links with the Arctic. Each of these- whether scientific, historical, cultural, economic, military, academic, or otherwise- contributes to America's identity as an Arctic nation. It is these connections we sought to highlight through the "Our Arctic Nation" blog in 2016 and now through this book, which features excepts from the blog's 51 entries (all of which can be read in full online). This initiative provided an opportunity for Arctic experts and enthusiasts from across the United States to reveal fascinating- and often surprising- links between our states and the top of our world. We are grateful to the many authors who were willing to share their stories and to the countless others who contributed their time and talent to this effort." -- Page 2, excerpt from text by Ambassador David A. Balton.
Author: Arctic Council Publisher: ISBN: Category : Arctic regions Languages : en Pages : 107
Book Description
"While Alaska is the only U.S. state with land above the Arctic Circle, each of the other 49 states, as well as the District of Columbia, enjoys special links with the Arctic. Each of these- whether scientific, historical, cultural, economic, military, academic, or otherwise- contributes to America's identity as an Arctic nation. It is these connections we sought to highlight through the "Our Arctic Nation" blog in 2016 and now through this book, which features excepts from the blog's 51 entries (all of which can be read in full online). This initiative provided an opportunity for Arctic experts and enthusiasts from across the United States to reveal fascinating- and often surprising- links between our states and the top of our world. We are grateful to the many authors who were willing to share their stories and to the countless others who contributed their time and talent to this effort." -- Page 2, excerpt from text by Ambassador David A. Balton.
Author: Arctic Council Publisher: ISBN: Category : Arctic regions Languages : en Pages : 107
Book Description
"While Alaska is the only U.S. state with land above the Arctic Circle, each of the other 49 states, as well as the District of Columbia, enjoys special links with the Arctic. Each of these- whether scientific, historical, cultural, economic, military, academic, or otherwise- contributes to America's identity as an Arctic nation. It is these connections we sought to highlight through the "Our Arctic Nation" blog in 2016 and now through this book, which features excepts from the blog's 51 entries (all of which can be read in full online). This initiative provided an opportunity for Arctic experts and enthusiasts from across the United States to reveal fascinating- and often surprising- links between our states and the top of our world. We are grateful to the many authors who were willing to share their stories and to the countless others who contributed their time and talent to this effort." -- Page 2, excerpt from text by Ambassador David A. Balton.
Author: Finis Dunaway Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 146966111X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 343
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Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Considered sacred by Indigenous peoples in Alaska and Canada and treasured by environmentalists, the refuge provides life-sustaining habitat for caribou, polar bears, migratory birds, and other species. For decades, though, the fossil fuel industry and powerful politicians have sought to turn this unique ecosystem into an oil field. Defending the Arctic Refuge tells the improbable story of how the people fought back. At the center of the story is the unlikely figure of Lenny Kohm (1939–2014), a former jazz drummer and aspiring photographer who passionately committed himself to Arctic Refuge activism. With the aid of a trusty slide show, Kohm and representatives of the Gwich'in Nation traveled across the United States to mobilize grassroots opposition to oil drilling. From Indigenous villages north of the Arctic Circle to Capitol Hill and many places in between, this book shows how Kohm and Gwich'in leaders and environmental activists helped build a political movement that transformed the debate into a struggle for environmental justice. In its final weeks, the Trump administration fulfilled a long-sought dream of drilling proponents: leasing much of the Arctic Refuge coastal plain for fossil fuel development. Yet the fight to protect this place is certainly not over. Defending the Arctic Refuge traces the history of a movement that is alive today—and that will continue to galvanize diverse groups to safeguard this threatened land.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Publisher: ISBN: Category : Arctic regions Languages : en Pages : 76
Author: Joe Wilkins Publisher: ISBN: 9781612549736 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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Take a trip through some of the most remote, untouched and thrilling wilderness in the United States The Gates of the Arctic National park. In this book of stunning photographs and interesting histories and facts, Joe Wilkins shares the knowledge that he has accumulated through personal experience and adventures about this piece of this country's last frontier.
Author: Stefanie Payne Publisher: ISBN: 9780692926789 Category : Languages : en Pages : 240
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On January 1 of 2016, Stefanie Payne, a creative professional working at NASA Headquarters, and Jonathan Irish, a photographer with National Geographic, left their lives in Washington, D.C. and hit the open road on an expedition to explore and document all 59 of America's national parks during the centennial celebration of the U.S. National Park Service - 59 parks in 52 weeks - the Greatest American Road Trip. Captured in more than 300,000 digital photographs, written stories, and videos shared by the national and international media, their project resulted in an incredible view of America's National Park System seen in its 100th year. 'A Year in the National Parks, The Greatest American Road Trip' is a gorgeous visual journey through our cherished public lands, detailing a rich tapestry of what makes each park special, as seen along an epic journey to visit them all within one special celebratory year.
Author: Debbie Miller Publisher: Braided River ISBN: 1594856346 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 234
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CLICK HERE to download the first 40 pages of Midnight Wilderness * Presents the original foreword by Margaret E. Murie * Features a new afterword by the author, providing context for the Refuge today * Includes a new map and an updated bibliography Originally published more than twenty years ago, Midnight Wilderness is a passionate and vivid account of one of Alaska's greatest natural treasures, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Author Debbie Miller draws on her years of exploring this unique, magical, and expansive territory, weaving chilling adventure, personal anecdote, wildlife observation, and Native American life into a beautiful and compelling memoir of place. Proceeds from sales of this book will benefit the Alaska Wilderness League in its ongoing efforts to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309371619 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 37
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Viewed in satellite images as a jagged white coat draped over the top of the globe, the high Arctic appears distant and isolated. But even if you don't live there, don't do business there, and will never travel there, you are closer to the Arctic than you think. Arctic Matters: The Global Connection to Changes in the Arctic is a new educational resource produced by the Polar Research Board of the National Research Council (NRC). It draws upon a large collection of peer-reviewed NRC reports and other national and international reports to provide a brief, reader-friendly primer on the complex ways in which the changes currently affecting the Arctic and its diverse people, resources, and environment can, in turn, affect the entire globe. Topics in the booklet include how climate changes currently underway in the Arctic are a driver for global sea-level rise, offer new prospects for natural resource extraction, and have rippling effects through the world's weather, climate, food supply and economy.
Author: Barry Lopez Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1668080028 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 300
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Winner of the National Book Award This bestselling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing. The Arctic is a perilous place. Only a few species of wild animals can survive its harsh climate. In this modern classic, Barry Lopez explores the many-faceted wonders of the Far North: its strangely stunted forests, its mesmerizing aurora borealis, its frozen seas. Musk oxen, polar bears, narwhal, and other exotic beasts of the region come alive through Lopez’s passionate and nuanced observations. And, as he examines the history and culture of its indigenous communities, along with parallel narratives of intrepid, often underprepared and subsequently doomed polar explorers, Lopez drives to the heart of why the austere and formidable Arctic is also a constant source of breathtaking beauty, mystery, and wonder. Written in prose as pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is a timeless mediation on the ability of the landscape to shape our dreams and to haunt our imaginations.
Author: Arctic Council
Author: Arctic Council
Author: Arctic Council
Author: Subhankar Banerjee
Author: Finis Dunaway
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
Author: Joe Wilkins
Author: Stefanie Payne
Author: Debbie Miller
Author: National Research Council
Author: Barry Lopez