The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977
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Language
English
ISBN
978-1-55238-587-6
Cover
Northern Lights Series
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Frontispiece
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part One - REINDEER SURVEY/ exploration, 1901-1928
Chapter 1 - GREENLAND BEGINNINGS
Chapter 2 - MALTE AND THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Chapter 3 - CALL OF THE NORTHWEST
Chapter 4 - IN SEARCH OF REINDEER
Chapter 5 - LITTLE DIOMEDE TO KOTZEBUE SOUND
Chapter 6 - COASTAL ALASKA BY DOGSLED
Chapter 7 - TRAVELLING ALONE: AN ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 8 - MAIL TIME IN AKLAVIK
Chapter 9 - SCHOONER TRAVEL ON THE ARCTIC COAST
Chapter 10 - RETURN TO AKLAVIK
Chapter 11 - COMPLETING THE 1927 RECONNAISSANCE
Chapter 12 - LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD
Chapter 13 - WINTER TRAIL TO GREAT BEAR LAKE
Chapter 14 - DEASE ARM AND THE NORTHEAST BARRENS
Chapter 15 - CHANGING TIDES AND SEASONS
Chapter 16 - OF ICE AND “FLIES” AND MISERABLE DOGS
Chapter 17 - MCTAVISH ARM AND CONJUROR BAY
Chapter 18 - END OF THE INVESTIGATION
Part Two - CANADA’S REINDEER HERD,1929–1935
Chapter 19 - RESULTS OF THE SURVEY
Chapter 20 - “THE BEST LAID PLANS”
Chapter 21 - FIELD REPORTS, 1930
Chapter 22 - SAD NEWS AND SUMMER IN SCANDINAVIA
Chapter 23 - DESTINATION REINDEER STATION
Chapter 24 - THE DRIVE CONTINUES
Chapter 25 - THE END OF THE PROJECT
Part Three - THE NATIONAL HERBARIUMIN PEACE AND WAR, 1936–1977
Chapter 26 - THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Chapter 27 - “PUBLISH OR PERISH”
Chapter 28 - RUMBLES ON THE HORIZON
Chapter 29 - THE PROBLEM OF GREENLAND
Chapter 30 - CONSULAR GREENLAND
Chapter 31 - HERBARIUM INTERLUDE
Chapter 32 - GREENLAND’S WAR OF NERVES
Chapter 33 - UNCERTAINTIES IN WARTIME OTTAWA
Chapter 34 - ACTING CONSULS DUNBAR AND PORSILD
Chapter 35 - LAST CONSULAR YEAR
Chapter 36 - ROAD TO THE YUKON
Chapter 37 - THE YEAR THE WAR ENDED
Chapter 38 - POSTWAR SETTLEMENT
Chapter 39 - THE “OLD MAN” OF THE HERBARIUM
Chapter 40 - STORM OVER THE ARCTIC
Chapter 41 - STUDY YEAR IN EUROPE
Chapter 42 - ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS
Chapter 43 - NINTH INTERNATIONAL BOTANICAL CONGRESS
Chapter 44 - THE LAST YEARS
Epilogue - CLOSING THE CIRCLE
NOTES
SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SELECTED REFERENCES
INDEX
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