The Reindeer Botanist

Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977

by Wendy Dathan

University of Calgary Press

2012

Non-Fiction: Biography and Memoir

CDN: $44.95

9781552385869

This long-awaited biography traces the challenging and adventurous career of a remarkable, little-known scientist who, in the end, earned universal respect for his prodigious publications and intimate knowledge of the people, plants and land around Canada’s Arctic Circle.

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