Author: Annette Wetherly
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426980779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A personal memoir, by a seasoned nurse practitioner living and working independently in remote, isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic, Labrador, Western and Northern Canada. Graphically shows self-reliance, descriptions of local cultures and personalities and the understanding of the health care needs of the indigenous people and how their health has been affected by historical happenings. She worked onboard ships and visited lighthouses and treated animals. In between working contacts in the north she participates in volunteer health care in indigenous Latin American communities and exercises her knowledge of language, culture and the desire to travel. Returning to urban living in Victoria at sedentary occupation, which involved committee work with employment equity and multiculturalism. Magnetism and Call of the North draws her back twice demonstrating her love of challenge and adventure. An exciting, engaging, entertaining, instructive and stimulating book, which some read twice and others cannot put down.
Nurse Stuck in the Snow
Author: Annette Wetherly
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426980779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A personal memoir, by a seasoned nurse practitioner living and working independently in remote, isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic, Labrador, Western and Northern Canada. Graphically shows self-reliance, descriptions of local cultures and personalities and the understanding of the health care needs of the indigenous people and how their health has been affected by historical happenings. She worked onboard ships and visited lighthouses and treated animals. In between working contacts in the north she participates in volunteer health care in indigenous Latin American communities and exercises her knowledge of language, culture and the desire to travel. Returning to urban living in Victoria at sedentary occupation, which involved committee work with employment equity and multiculturalism. Magnetism and Call of the North draws her back twice demonstrating her love of challenge and adventure. An exciting, engaging, entertaining, instructive and stimulating book, which some read twice and others cannot put down.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426980779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A personal memoir, by a seasoned nurse practitioner living and working independently in remote, isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic, Labrador, Western and Northern Canada. Graphically shows self-reliance, descriptions of local cultures and personalities and the understanding of the health care needs of the indigenous people and how their health has been affected by historical happenings. She worked onboard ships and visited lighthouses and treated animals. In between working contacts in the north she participates in volunteer health care in indigenous Latin American communities and exercises her knowledge of language, culture and the desire to travel. Returning to urban living in Victoria at sedentary occupation, which involved committee work with employment equity and multiculturalism. Magnetism and Call of the North draws her back twice demonstrating her love of challenge and adventure. An exciting, engaging, entertaining, instructive and stimulating book, which some read twice and others cannot put down.
Snow
Author: Kirk Ruth
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295802350
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Snow has had an astonishing influence on the shape of the land and human history. Ruth Kirk writes perceptively of how animals and people survive in the snow; of glaciers, continental ice sheets, blizzards, and avalanches; and of the awesome hazards of Arctic and Antarctic exploration. She discusses both our battles against snow and our uses of it, showing its importance to agriculture, climate, and the future. Through scientific reports and interviews with experts in various fields--from Antarctic explorers to atmospheric physicists--Kirk surveys the scope of snow's influence.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295802350
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Snow has had an astonishing influence on the shape of the land and human history. Ruth Kirk writes perceptively of how animals and people survive in the snow; of glaciers, continental ice sheets, blizzards, and avalanches; and of the awesome hazards of Arctic and Antarctic exploration. She discusses both our battles against snow and our uses of it, showing its importance to agriculture, climate, and the future. Through scientific reports and interviews with experts in various fields--from Antarctic explorers to atmospheric physicists--Kirk surveys the scope of snow's influence.
Storm Data
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Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. 60th Congress. 1st session, 1907-1908. House. [from old catalog]
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Sailing Directions for Northern U.S.S.R.
Author: United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Sailing Directions for Northern U.S.S.R.
Author: United States. Naval Oceanographic Office
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Sailing Directions for Northern U.S.S.R.: Mys Nemetskiy to Mys Kanin Nos
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Sessional Papers
Author: Canada. Parliament
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Publication
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
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Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A Functional Glossary of Ice Terminology
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
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Category : Ice
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
An extension of Hydrographic Office study no. 103 compiled in 1948.
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Category : Ice
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
An extension of Hydrographic Office study no. 103 compiled in 1948.