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The reindeer botanist : Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dathan, Patricia Wendy, 1934-
Corporate Authors: ebrary, Inc, Arctic Institute of North America
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2012]
Series:Northern lights series (Calgary, Alta.) ; no. 14.
Subjects:
Porsild, A. E., > 1901-1977.
Botanists > Canada > Biography.
Scientists > Canada > Biography.
Botany > Canada, Northern.
Reindeer farming > Canada, Northern.
Canadian Reindeer Project > History.
National Herbarium of Canada > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
NATURE / Plants / General.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE Reindeer Survey/Exploration, 1901-1928. Greenland Beginnings
  • Malte and the National Herbarium
  • Call of the Northwest
  • In Search of Reindeer
  • Little Diomede to Kotzebue Sound
  • Coastal Alaska by Dogsled
  • Travelling Alone: An Accident and its Consequences
  • Mail Time in Aklavik
  • Schooner Travel on the Arctic Coast
  • Return to Aklavik
  • Completing the 1927 Reconnaissance
  • Looking Back and Forward
  • Winter Trail to Great Bear Lake
  • Dease Arm and the Northeast Barrens
  • Changing Tides and Seasons
  • Of Ice and "Flies" and Miserable Dogs
  • McTavish Arm and Conjuror Bay
  • End of the Investigation