Information about the Author

Sharon Chester is a naturalist, wildlife photographer, illustrator, and author of several nature guides, including "A Naturalist's Guide to Chile." She splits her time between San Mateo, California, and her home in Fulton, Illinois, near the National Wildlife and Fish Refuge along the Upper Mississippi.

Book Description

The Arctic Guide provides travelers and naturalists with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of the northernmost region of the Earth. Featuring outstanding color illustrations, this unique book covers the entire spectrum of wildlife—over 800 species of plants, fish, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans of the Arctic. It can be used throughout the entire Holarctic, including the Svalbard archipelago in Norway and Siberia.