LEADER 04325oam 22009014a 450 001 9910460967403321 005 20220214221547.0 010 $a1-60223-248-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000399660 035 $a(EBL)2025495 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001459300 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12647529 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459300 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11464021 035 $a(PQKB)11215153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2025495 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2025495 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11046961 035 $a(OCoLC)907467829 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_98419 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000399660 100 $a20141204d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife and Times of a Big River$eAn Uncommon Natural History of Alaska's Upper Yukon /$fPeter J. Marchand 210 1$d2015$cUniv. of Alaska Press$aFairbanks 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60223-247-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Prologue. Traveling heavy; I. Circle; II. Flat Water; III. Kandik; IV. Nation; V. Charley River; VI. Headwaters; VII. The Years After; Notes; References; Index 330 $a"When Richard Nixon signed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, eighty million acres were flagged as possible national park land. Field expeditions were tasked with recording what was contained in these vast acres. Under this decree, five men were sent into the sprawling, roadless interior of Alaska, unsure of what they'd encounter and ultimately responsible for the fate of four thousand pristine acres. Life and Times of a Big River follows Peter J. Marchand and his team of biologists as they set out to explore the land that would ultimately become the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Their encounters with strange plants, rare insects, and little-known mammals bring to life a land once thought to be static and monotonous. And their struggles to navigate and adapt to an unforgiving environment capture the rigorous demands of remote field work. Weaving in and out of Marchand's narrative is an account of the natural and cultural history of the area as it relates to the expedition and the region's native peoples. Life and Times of a Big River chorincles this riveting, one-of-a-kind journey of uncertainty and discovery from a disparate (and at one point desperate) group of biologists" 606 $aTravel$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01155558 606 $aNatural history$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01034268 606 $aIndians of North America$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00969633 606 $aBiologists$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00832379 606 $aBiodiversity$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01429860 606 $aNatur$2gnd 606 $aBiodiversita?t$2gnd 606 $aForschungsreise$2gnd 606 $aBiologists$zAlaska$vBiography 606 $aNatural history$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) 606 $aIndians of North America$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) 606 $aScientific expeditions$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) 606 $aBiodiversity$zYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) 607 $aNorth America$zYukon River Valley$2fast 607 $aAlaska$zYukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve$2fast 607 $aAlaska$2fast 607 $aYukon-River-Gebiet$2gnd 607 $aAlaska$2gnd 607 $aYukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (Alaska)$xHistory 608 $aHistory 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aTravel 615 0$aNatural history 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aBiologists 615 0$aBiodiversity 615 7$aNatur 615 7$aBiodiversita?t 615 7$aForschungsreise 615 0$aBiologists 615 0$aNatural history 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aScientific expeditions 615 0$aBiodiversity 676 $a508.798/6 700 $aMarchand$b Peter J$0876470 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460967403321 996 $aLife and times of a big river$91957158 997 $aUNINA