Wildlife of the North : animals of the high latitudes of North America and Europe
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references.

"Hälle Flygare's interest in photography and wildlife began as a young man in Sweden. After his military service, he emigrated to Canada and pursued a forestry career and worked for Parks Canada. This book reflects his lifelong interest in photography and wildlife. For this book he obtained additional pictures from the very best wildlife photographers to showcase the greatest wilderness on earth. Dr. Valerius Geist, Dr. Geoffrey Holroyd and Dr. Wayne Lynch, three outstanding scientists in their fields, wrote the text. Thanks to the expertise and diversity of its authors, this book is equally rich in images and fresh facts. Wildlife of the North shows a full range of creatures that inhabit the land, sea and sky: Polar and Alaska Brown bears, big wild sheep, caribou, cougars, wolves and walruses; whales, orcas, narwhals and beluga whales; golden and bald eagles. Here too are Arctic foxes, hares, otters and geese, loons and ptarmigans. While this book is celebration of arctic and subarctic wildlife it is also a reminder of the great peril awaiting us if climate change continues unchecked. Some species may face extinction in the foreseeable future. By enhancing our appreciation for surviving arctic wildlife and wildlands, these authors gently remind us of how much more our lives might have been enriched, had not so many fantastic and fascinating creatures not already been driven to extinction. Just as we will never have an opportunity to know those bygone creatures, our own descendants may never know the spectacular animals which we still take for granted unless we act now to protect the greatest wilderness on earth."--,Provided by publisher.