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Category : Northern fur seal
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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The Story of the Pribilof Fur Seals
Author: Fur Seals - Pribilof Islands
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
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Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 89-57. Considers S. 2102, to expand Interior Dept authority to protect and conserve North Pacific fur seals, and to administer Pribilof Islands. Sept. 9 hearing held at St. Paul Island, Alaska.
The Fur Seals and Other Life of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, in 1914
Author: Wilfred Hudson OsgoodPublisher:
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters
Author: Todd J. BrajePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520267265
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
“The bones recovered from the middens of the northeastern Pacific shorelines have important stories to tell biologists, marine mammalogists, and those concerned with marine conservation. This volume unearths a wealth of information about the historical ecology of seals, sea lions, and sea otters in the North Pacific that spans thousands of years. It provides fascinating insights into how the world once looked, and how it may one day look again as seals, sea lions, and sea otters reclaim and recolonize their former haunts.”—Andrew Trites, Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia “Braje and Rick have assembled a compelling set of case studies on the long-term and complex interactions between people, marine mammals, and environments in the Northeast Pacific. The promise of zooarchaeology as historical science is on full display, as researchers use geochemistry, aDNA, morphometrics, and traditional analytic methods to address questions of utmost importance to the long-term health of coastal ecosystems. If this book doesn't convince conservation biology about the need to take the long view of animal histories and ecosystems into account in developing conservation management plans, I'm not sure what will.”—Virginia L. Butler, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University
Fur Seal Industry of the Pribilof Islands, 1786-1965
Author: Francis RileyPublisher:
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Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Fur Seals and Other Life of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, in 1914
Author: Wilfred Hudson OsgoodPublisher:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Fur-seal Industry of Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Author: Henry O'MalleyPublisher:
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Category : Northern fur seal
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Roar of the Sea
Author: Deb VanassePublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513209558
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
A swashbuckling narrative of treachery and obsession involving pirates, fur seals, competing governments, and near war. "In Roar of the Sea, [Deb Vanasse] writes with verve and dramatic impact, reconstructing the narrative of Elliott's tenacious crusade in a way that will transport the reader back to the cacophonous seal rookeries, to the bloody, blubber-slicked decks of the sealing ships, and to the elegant meeting rooms of the nation's capital. While bringing deserved attention to Elliott for his wildlife conservation work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vanasse ends with a sobering challenge: those seal rookeries on the Pribilof Islands are now facing new human-caused threats—and could use 21st century advocates." —The Daily Astorian/Coast Weekend "Now comes a fascinating, full history of the fur seal story, pitting artist and advocate Henry Wood Elliott against the most famous of the seal pirates, a man named Alex MacLean, and a whole host of ill-informed and corrupt business and political titans. Deb Vanasse, a former Alaskan who now lives in Oregon and is the author of many previous books—including Wealth Woman, about the Klondike gold rush—has done extensive research to illuminate the historical characters, the difficulties of reaching an international agreement to protect wildlife, and the significance of that treaty today." —Anchorage Daily News Over a century ago, treachery in Alaska's Bering Sea twice brought the world to the brink of war. The US seized Canadian vessels, Great Britain positioned warships to strike the US, and Americans killed Japanese pirates on US soil—all because of the northern fur seals crowded together on the tiny Pribilof Islands. The herd's population plummeted from 4.7 million to 940,000 in the span of eight years while notorious seafarers like Alex MacLean (who inspired Jack London's The Sea-Wolf) poached indiscriminately. Enter an unlikely crusader to defend the seals: self-taught artist and naturalist Henry Wood Elliott, whose zeal and love for the animals inspired him to go against all odds and take on titans of the sea. Winning seemed impossible, and yet Elliott managed to expose corruption and set the course for modern wildlife protections that are all the more relevant today as the world grapples with mass extinction. Carefully written and researched, Roar of the Sea reveals the incredible hidden history of how one lone activist existing in the margins prevailed against national governments and corporate interests in the name of wildlife conservation.
Fur Seals - Pribilof Islands
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 89-57. Considers S. 2102, to expand Interior Dept authority to protect and conserve North Pacific fur seals, and to administer Pribilof Islands. Sept. 9 hearing held at St. Paul Island, Alaska.
The End of Ice
Author: Dahr JamailPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620976056
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Acclaimed on its hardcover publication, a global journey that reminds us "of how magical the planet we're about to lose really is" (Bill McKibben) With a new epilogue by the author After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption. In response, Jamail embarks on a journey to the geographical front lines of this crisis—from Alaska to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, via the Amazon rainforest—in order to discover the consequences to nature and to humans of the loss of ice. In The End of Ice, we follow Jamail as he scales Denali, the highest peak in North America, dives in the warm crystal waters of the Pacific only to find ghostly coral reefs, and explores the tundra of St. Paul Island where he meets the last subsistence seal hunters of the Bering Sea and witnesses its melting glaciers. Accompanied by climate scientists and people whose families have fished, farmed, and lived in the areas he visits for centuries, Jamail begins to accept the fact that Earth, most likely, is in a hospice situation. Ironically, this allows him to renew his passion for the planet's wild places, cherishing Earth in a way he has never been able to before. Like no other book, The End of Ice offers a firsthand chronicle—including photographs throughout of Jamail on his journey across the world—of the catastrophic reality of our situation and the incalculable necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile planet while we still can.