Far North

To the Arctic: An Introduction to the Far Northern World
by Steven Young

Stephen B. Young, veteran of thirty years of polar exploration, strips away the Arctic's mystery and myth to reveal a remarkably diverse world sculpted by time, ice, and the struggle of living things to survive.

"Reveals the glory of the unique Arctic geology and ecology."
--Science Weekly

Chapters include:

- Bears, Boreas, and Celestial Mechanics
- Polar Weather and Climate
- Ice and Snow
- Glaciers and Glaciology
- Polar Landscapes: Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
- The Periglacial Environment
- Ice Ages
- Gateway to the Arctic: The Northern Forest and the Timberline
- Tundra Vegetation and Zonation
- Tundra Animals
- Cold Seas, Shores, and Inland Waters
- Birds of the Arctic
- Ice Ages II
- The Human Presence in the Arctic

ZC8891    To the Arctic: An Introduction to the Far Norther     $16.95

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