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Informationen zum Autor Roland A. Gangloff is Emeritus Associate Professor of Geology and Geophysics and former Curator of Earth Science at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. He is presently a Visiting Scholar at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Klappentext Examining long-standing controversies, such as the end-Cretaceous extinction of dinosaurs and whether dinosaurs were residents or just seasonal visitors to polar latitudes, Gangloff takes readers on a delightful and instructive journey into the world of paleontology as it is conducted in the land under the aurora. Zusammenfassung Takes readers on a delightful and instructive journey into the world of palaeontology as it is conducted in the land under the aurora Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Arctic Setting 2. Tracks Lead the Way: Circumarctic Discoveries from Svalbard to Chukotka 3. A Black Gold Rush Sets the Stage for Discovery in Alaska 4. Peregrines, Permafrost, and Bonebeds: Digging Dinosaurs on the Colville River 5. Texas, Teachers, and Chinooks: Taking Field Work to a New Level 6. The Arctic during the Cretaceous: The Western Interior Seaway 7. Cretaceous Dinosaur Pathways in the Paleo-Arctic and along the Western Interior Seaway 8. Applying New Technologies to the Ancient Past 9. Natural Resources, Climate Change, and Arctic Dinosaurs 10. Future Expansion of the Arctic Dinosaur Record Notes Glossary Literature Cited Index
