The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977

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The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 Author: Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: University of Calgary Press
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Illustrations and other contents: 80 black & white photos, 7 maps Language: English ISBN: 9781552385869 Categories: , , , , , , , ,

The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 is the first biography of one of Canada’s most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enlarging the National Herbarium and making it a superb research centre. For nearly twenty years, Porsild studied reindeer activities in Alaska and the Northwest Territories as part of the Reindeer Project designed to encourage grazing animal husbandry among aboriginal peoples. He published extensively, and his meticulous research and observations have particular relevance today with the growing concern over global warming in the Arctic.

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Author Biography

Wendy Dathan studied botany at McGill University and eventually worked as Assistant/Acting Curator at the McGill Herbarium and thereafter began her research on Porsild for her master's thesis on his Canadian Reindeer Project years.