Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Defining the Arctic

Arctic geology

Arctic climate

Humans in the Arctic

Arctic habitats

Adaptations for Arctic life

Speciation and biogeography

Fragile Arctic

How to use the field guides

Field guide to Arctic birds: Loons

Grebes

Albatrosses, petrels and allies

Cormorants

Wildfowl: Swans

Geese

Ducks

Raptors

Grouse

Cranes

Waders: Plovers

Stints and sandpipers

Snipes and dowitchers

Curlews, godwits and allies

Turnstones

Phalaropes

Skuas

Gulls

Terns

Auks

Owls

Kingfishers

Larks

Swallows

Pipits and wagtails

Thrushes and chats

Warblers, tits and chickadees

Crows

New world warblers

New world sparrows and buntings

Finches

Field guide to Arctic mammals: Shrews

Rodents

Lagomorphs

Ungulates

Carnivores: Dogs

Bears

Cats

Mustelids

Pinnipeds

Cetaceans

Visitor's guide to the Arctic

Index.