WILDLIFE OF THE ARCTIC. By Richard Sale and Per Michelsen. Collins Traveller's Guide.

2018 1st edition. Small 8vo paperback (151 x 190mm). Pp335. Colour identification photographs throughout, map, bibliography.

A "must-have for the northern traveller, covering the Arctic wildlife of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia." Good introductory chapter describing the geography and climate of the Arctic, followed by descrtions of "more than 250 bird species, 60 terrestrial mammals and 30 seals and whales." All the applicable families of birds, mammals, fishes, insects, plants and lichens are covered, with accompanying photographs for identification. Contents include: The Arctic - defining the Arctic, time at the Poles, rock, snow and ice, aurora and parhelia, avoiding freezing, the future of the Arctic, species naming and status; The wildlife - birds, mammals, sea life, invertebrates, plants.