Canada's Cold Environments
Description
Contains Photos, Illustrations, Maps, Bibliography, Index
$45.00
ISBN 0-7735-0925-9
DDC 574.5'2621
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Sandy Campbell is a reference librarian in the Science and Technology Library at the University of Alberta.
Review
This scholarly volume, edited by two of Canada’s most distinguished
geographers, is divided into four parts: cold land and seas, northern
and polar lands, mountains, and changing environments. Each of the 11
chapters is written by a different Canadian expert. The chapters cover
all physical aspects of cold-climate geography, ranging from hydrology
and permafrost to mountain hazards and karst. Each chapter reviews the
current knowledge on the subject. Editors Slaymaker and French jointly
wrote the opening and closing chapters.
Canada’s Cold Environments pulls together the geography of Canada’s
cold-climate areas and fills a niche in the literature. All of the
articles are at a research level. Each is heavily illustrated with
photographs, charts, graphs, maps, and diagrams, and each contains a
bibliography. The language used assumes some knowledge of geography and
geographic processes. Though not written as a textbook, the book will
probably be used as one in senior-level university courses. The articles
and index are sufficiently detailed for it to be used as a reference as
well.