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Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55002-839-3. 288 p., maps, colour illus, appendices, bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$50.00.
This is not a classic tabletop book because of its 254 mm x 203 mm format, yet it comes close because of its 42 maps, 120 photos, and general treatment of complex subject matter. Its purpose is to draw attention to the plight of caribou in Canada and Alaska and suggest remedies. Both the authors, as well as Robert Redford and Stephen Kakfwi in their forewords, maintain that caribou and the North are inextricably intertwined and that loss of caribou would be a critical blow to conservation and to northern aboriginal peoples. Caribou are shared by countries, jurisdictions, diverse peoples, hunters, the public, and resource developers. How those shares are allocated will determine the fate of the 200 or so populations of caribou in Canada...
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