The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901–1977

• Main Author: Dathan, Wendy
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary Press 2012
• Subjects: Porsild; A. E.; 1901-1977; Botanists > Canada > Biography; Scientists > Canada > Biography; Botany > Canada; Northern; Reindeer farming > Canada; Canadian Reindeer Project > History; National Herbarium of Canada > History; Alf; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Northwest Territories; Global warming; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49303; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34583

Series: Northern Lights Series; 14 This well-researched book is the first biography of one of Canadas most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousan...