The Changing North: Recollections of an Early Environmentalist (Occasional Publications Series)

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pp.251, b/w and colour illustrations, map, SIGNED and dedicated by the author, “Imagine living through an arctic winter in shelter with no plumbing, not even an outhouse. For two months, the sun does not rise above the horizon, and the temperature locks in below minus fifty. This is the story of Jack Grainge, a civil engineer for the federal government, bringing the people of northern Canada the sanitary conveniences we take for granted. Full of anecdotes and colour photographs, this book provides insight into everyday life in the rapidly-changing North of the 1950s and 1960s.”

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ISBN 1896445152
ISBN13 9781896445151
Number of pages 251
Original Title The Changing North: Recollections of an Early Environmentalist (Occasional Publications Series)
Published Date 1999
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition No Dustjacket
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Canada
Inscription Signed and Dedicated by the author
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pp.251, b/w and colour illustrations, map, SIGNED and dedicated by the author, “Imagine living through an arctic winter in shelter with no plumbing, not even an outhouse. For two months, the sun does not rise above the horizon, and the temperature locks in below minus fifty. This is the story of Jack Grainge, a civil engineer for the federal government, bringing the people of northern Canada the sanitary conveniences we take for granted. Full of anecdotes and colour photographs, this book provides insight into everyday life in the rapidly-changing North of the 1950s and 1960s.”

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Weight 0.45 kg