Cold latitudes

Cold Latitudes depicts, in precise and spare portraits, the landscapes, cultures, and animals of the circumpolar regions. McGuire's writing reveals the Arctic and Antarctic regions as environments bustling with lives and ways of life that are coming increasingly under threat by climate change....

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Main Author: McGuire, Rosemary
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Colorado State University. Libraries 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234856
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spelling ftcolostateunidc:oai:mountainscholar.org:10217/234856 2023-05-15T13:35:52+02:00 Cold latitudes McGuire, Rosemary 2022-04-26T17:17:58Z born digital books application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234856 English eng eng Colorado State University. Libraries University of Alaska Press University of Alaska Press https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234856 Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information. Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only. Landscapes -- Polar regions Climatic changes -- Polar regions Animals -- Polar regions Polar regions -- Environmental conditions Text 2022 ftcolostateunidc 2023-03-23T18:36:06Z Cold Latitudes depicts, in precise and spare portraits, the landscapes, cultures, and animals of the circumpolar regions. McGuire's writing reveals the Arctic and Antarctic regions as environments bustling with lives and ways of life that are coming increasingly under threat by climate change. These essays add a refreshingly intimate and human side to a conversation dominated by the often-inaccessible language and perspective of environmental science. Though the observations are the highlight of this collection, each essay has narrative momentum to match its setting.--Provided by publisher. Kongakut River, Easter Island, August 2008, July -- Rivers, solitaire -- Herring, Norton Sound -- Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut -- On the Tiglax -- On the Pacific Ocean -- Salvadors at Seal River -- Summer of light and ice -- Catching Krill at midnight, Palmer Deep -- Adélie/Gentoo -- Leopard Seals -- Wilhelmina Bay -- Guillemot of Cooper Island -- At the Eider Perch -- Nanuq, Utqiaġvik -- The people of the whale -- Spring whaling -- Dinosaurs and wind on the Colville River. Text Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Bathurst Inlet Climate change Cooper Island Leopard Seals nanuq Nunavut Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University) Arctic Antarctic Nunavut Pacific Norton Sound ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202) Palmer Deep ENVELOPE(-64.400,-64.400,-64.950,-64.950) Wilhelmina ENVELOPE(-62.160,-62.160,-64.642,-64.642) Bathurst Inlet ENVELOPE(-108.051,-108.051,66.840,66.840) Wilhelmina Bay ENVELOPE(-62.160,-62.160,-64.642,-64.642) Cooper Island ENVELOPE(-35.783,-35.783,-54.806,-54.806)
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Polar regions -- Environmental conditions
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Polar regions -- Environmental conditions
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Cold latitudes
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description Cold Latitudes depicts, in precise and spare portraits, the landscapes, cultures, and animals of the circumpolar regions. McGuire's writing reveals the Arctic and Antarctic regions as environments bustling with lives and ways of life that are coming increasingly under threat by climate change. These essays add a refreshingly intimate and human side to a conversation dominated by the often-inaccessible language and perspective of environmental science. Though the observations are the highlight of this collection, each essay has narrative momentum to match its setting.--Provided by publisher. Kongakut River, Easter Island, August 2008, July -- Rivers, solitaire -- Herring, Norton Sound -- Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut -- On the Tiglax -- On the Pacific Ocean -- Salvadors at Seal River -- Summer of light and ice -- Catching Krill at midnight, Palmer Deep -- Adélie/Gentoo -- Leopard Seals -- Wilhelmina Bay -- Guillemot of Cooper Island -- At the Eider Perch -- Nanuq, Utqiaġvik -- The people of the whale -- Spring whaling -- Dinosaurs and wind on the Colville River.
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Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
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