 [ Large Image ] | Pukaskwa: A Naturalist’s Year Surveying Birds in the Lake Superior Wilderness Soren Bondrup-Nielsen 2016 / Biography/Nature, Ecology / $28.95 9781554471614 / Trade paper / 224 pp Over a twelve-month period spanning 1976–77, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen conducted bird surveys in the territory that would become Pukaskwa National Park (pronounced Puck-a-saw), a tract of wilderness on the northern shore of Lake Superior. As plans to establish the new park were taking shape, Bondrup-Nielsen—together with his wife, both graduate students in the zoology department at the University of Toronto—won a contract to study its avian life. Fuelled by youthful idealism and eager for adventure, the pair elected to live in the park for the full year, camping at various inland and coastal sites and travelling to the park’s remote corners by ski, snowshoe, Ski-Doo, powerboat, canoe, helicopter and bush plane. Comprised of an edited selection of Bondrup-Nielsen’s journal entries, Pukaskwa offers a look into the daily life of a biologist in the field: from walking transects and recording observations to whimsical projects and side excursions; from the rudimentary essentials of warmth, food and shelter to the joys of companionship and the simple comforts of camp life. As well as recounting his experiences, Bondrup-Nielsen comments on the general ecology of the park, wrestling with the potential impact of human activity and the incursion of park infrastructure on the preservation of wilderness. To purchase this title: Add it to your cart | Other Books by this Author |  | Voles, Not Moles Soren Bondrup-Nielsen 2021 / Biography Nature, Ecology / $29.95 CAN 9781554472178 / Trade paper / 240 pp |  | Merging: Contemplations on Farming & Ecology from Horseback Soren Bondrup-Nielsen 2014 / Natural History, Ecology / $28.95 CAN 9781554471379 / Trade paper / 224 pp |  | A Sound Like Water Dripping: In Search of the Boreal Owl Soren Bondrup-Nielsen 2009 / Memoir / $26.95 CAN 9781554470747 / Trade paper / 240 pp |  | Winter Nature: Common Mammals, Birds, Trees and Shrubs of the Maritimes Merritt Gibson, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, Twila Robar-DeCoste 2008 / Nature / $27.95 CAN 9781554470594 / Trade paper / 224 pp |
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