Our Alaskan Winter
Title | Our Alaskan Winter PDF eBook |
Author | Constance Helmericks |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Alaska |
ISBN |
Authors lived with the Eskimos of northern Alaska winter 1945-46. Follows "Our summer with the Eskimos."
The Climate of Alaska
Title | The Climate of Alaska PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Shulski |
Publisher | University of Alaska Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1602230072 |
Examines the climate of Alaska and its diversity through narrative and maps, tables, and charts. Focuses on climatological features such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, and atmospheric pressure.--(Source of description unspecified.)
Alaska's 12 Days of Summer
Title | Alaska's 12 Days of Summer PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Chamberlin-Calamar |
Publisher | Sasquatch Books |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2003-03-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1570613419 |
Best-selling Paws IV illustrator Shannon Cartwright is back with this charming children's book based on the infectious rhythms of the classic song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.' Here, the famous 'partridge in a pear tree' becomes a 'black bear in a spruce tree,' while the fifth day of summer in Alaska yields everything from swans and wood frogs to bald eagles and moose. Count Alaska’s famous wild animals while singing along to the well-known tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” On each page, more and more animals appear, starting with starting with a single bear in a spruce tree and growing until animals are everywhere, waiting to be discovered and counted.
The Packraft Handbook
Title | The Packraft Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Luc Mehl |
Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
Pages | 406 |
Release | 2022-01-12 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1680516035 |
"A staple for paddlers.... [The Packraft Handbook has] now become the bible for outdoor recreators taking their inflatable rafts into the backcountry." ― Anchorage Daily News 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Guidebook Winner Alaska-based author is a leading expert on wilderness travel Emphasis on skill progression and safety applies to wide range of outdoor water recreation Vibrant illustrations and photos inform and inspire The Packraft Handbook is a comprehensive guide to packrafting, with a strong emphasis on skill progression and safety. Readers will learn to maneuver through river features and open water, mitigate risk with trip planning and boat control, and how to react when things go wrong. Beginners will find everything they need to know to get started--from packraft care to proper paddling position as well as what to wear and how to communicate. Illustrated for visual learners and featuring stunning photography, The Packraft Handbook has something to offer all packrafters and other whitewater sports enthusiasts.
Summer Temperatures in Interior Alaska
Title | Summer Temperatures in Interior Alaska PDF eBook |
Author | Richard K. Haugen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Alaska |
ISBN |
Annual degree-day summations over bases of 43F and 50F in 15-day periods from May through August are given for the period of record for five interior Alaska climatic stations. Average temperature and precipitation data are included. Patterns of summer temperature in interior Alaska are analyzed in terms of historical, elevational and areal differences. Since 1900, summer temperatures show little long-term change but significant short-term changes. In contrast, winter temperatures show considerable fluctuations, which are reflected in mean annual temperatures to a much greater degree than are summer temperature fluctuations. Average summer lapse rates for the 1600 to 3300 and 3300 to 6600-ft levels were 3.4 and 3.7/1000 ft, respectively, based on timberline temperature observations and on upper air data from Fairbanks. Correlation analysis of daily and monthly average July temperatures indicates areas of uniformity with respect to temperature variation. This provides information on lowland climatic stations that are representative of highland locations, especially the Yukon-Tanana Uplands. (Author).
Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Title | Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 207 |
Release | 2018-06-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309471699 |
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued climate change can be lessened. The National Climate Assessment, coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, is a mandated report intended to inform response decisions. Required to be developed every four years, these reports provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date evaluation of climate change impacts available for the United States, making them a unique and important climate change document. The draft Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report reviewed here addresses a wide range of topics of high importance to the United States and society more broadly, extending from human health and community well-being, to the built environment, to businesses and economies, to ecosystems and natural resources. This report evaluates the draft NCA4 to determine if it meets the requirements of the federal mandate, whether it provides accurate information grounded in the scientific literature, and whether it effectively communicates climate science, impacts, and responses for general audiences including the public, decision makers, and other stakeholders.
Survival at 40 Below
Title | Survival at 40 Below PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie S. Miller |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2012-01-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0802723616 |
As temperatures drop, the animals that make the tundra home must ready themselves for survival. See how animals like the arctic ground squirrel and the woolly bear caterpillar use special coping devices to keep warm as they hibernate their way through the frigid winter months. Then when the temperatures finally rise, these creatures emerge and the pulse of life returns to the arctic.