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Owls of the eastern ice : a quest to find and save the world's largest owl / Jonathan C. Slaght.

Slaght, Jonathan C., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780374228484
ISBN: 0374228485
Physical Description: 348 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Copyright: ℗♭2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A village named Hell -- The first search -- Winter life in Agzu -- The quiet violence of this place -- Down the river -- Chepelev -- Here comes the water -- Riding the last ice to the coast -- Village of Samarga -- The Vladimir Goluzenko -- The sound of something ancient -- A fish owl nest -- Where the mile markers end -- The banality of road travel -- Flood -- Preparing to trap -- A near miss -- The hermit -- Stranded on the Tunsha River -- An owl in hand -- Radio silence -- The owl and the pigeon -- Leap of faith -- The currency of fish -- Enter Katkov -- Capture on the Serebryanka -- Awful devils such as us -- Katkov in exile -- The monotony of failure -- Following the fish -- California of the east -- Terney County without filter -- Blakiston's fish owl conservation.