Great Auk Islands: A Field Biologist in the Arctic 9781472597113, 9781408137864, 9781408137840

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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Horizon opening
Chapter 2 Margins of the universe
Chapter 3 Nameless days
Chapter 4 The lives of Great Auks
Chapter 5 Labrador
Chapter 6 Skouts, SkuttOcks and Strangers
Chapter 7 Between species in Labrador
Chapter 8 The fertile sea
Chapter 9 Changes
Appendix 1: List of common and systematic names
Appendix 2: Notes on the local seabird names used in Labrador
References
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
O
P
R
S
S
T
V
W
Z
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GREAT AUK ISLANDS A field biologist in the Arctic

by Tim Birkhead Illustrated by DAVID QUINN

T & A D POYSER London

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