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Being caribou : five months on foot with a caribou herd
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Being caribou : five months on foot with a caribou herd

Author: Karsten Heuer
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Walker, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : English
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Follows a herd of female caribou on their summer trek to their Arctic birthing grounds. The amazing five-month migration of a caribou herd to the Alaskan calving grounds is articulately told through firsthand accounts of the author. Vivid details and extrordinary photographs vicariously take readers on the journey, and readers become aware of the importance of protecting these grounds.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Karsten Heuer
ISBN: 9780802795656 080279565X 9780802795663 0802795668
OCLC Number: 71189727
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2008.
Description: 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 x 29 cm.
Responsibility: Karsten Heuer.
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Abstract:

Follows a herd of female caribou on their summer trek to their Arctic birthing grounds. The amazing five-month migration of a caribou herd to the Alaskan calving grounds is articulately told through firsthand accounts of the author. Vivid details and extrordinary photographs vicariously take readers on the journey, and readers become aware of the importance of protecting these grounds.

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by cwarden (WorldCat user on 2008-01-25)

Introduction -- Setting off -- Spring migration -- Calving -- Post calving -- Summer -- Fall -- To learn more.

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