Susan Ewing

The Great Alaska Nature Factbook

A Guide to the State's Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural Features

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Great Alaska Nature Factbook is a popular and fun to read reference guide to the animals, plants, and natural features of our 49th state and the last frontier. Learn about everything from King Crabs to Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium. Did you know Marbled murrelets are the only seabirds to make their nests in trees? In Alaska, Jack Frost delivers two kinds of ice crystal glaze: hoarfrost and rime. Over 200 fascinating entries accompanied by line drawings and a state map.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• 2nd First Edition, Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 291g
• ISBN-13: 9780882408385
• ISBN-10: 0882408380
• Artikelnr.: 33170236

Autorenporträt

Ewing moved to the northern Rockies in 1992 from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements                                                 Pg 5
Alaska – No Small Wonder                                      Pg 7
Alaska’s Geographic Regions                                  Pg 9
 
Animals  A to Z                                                   Pg 17
Plants A to Z                                                     Pg 115
 
Natural Features A to Z                                      Pg 159
Further Reading                                                Pg  217
Index                                                                Pg 218