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标题：Review of Arctic fox. Life at the top of the world, by Gary Hamilton
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作者：Rolf A. Ims
期刊名称：Polar Research
印刷版ISSN：1751-8369
出版年度：2009
卷号：28
期号：2
页码：318-319
DOI：10.3402/polar.v28i2.6126
语种：English
出版社：Co-Action Publishing
摘要：The Arctic fox is the only truly Arctic species among the terrestrial carnivorous mammals of the world. It is distributed across the circumpolar Arctic region. Like polar bears, Arctic foxes regularly traverse the pack ice of the polar basin, a fact that astonished Fridtjof Nansen during his attempt to reach the North Pole more than 100 years ago. However, despite its unique lifestyle, which in some respects is more fascinating than that of the polar bear, there has been no popular book (except a book for children) aimed at compiling our present knowledge about the Arctic fox for an international audience. This omission is in stark contrast to all of the writing about the polar bear. Finally, just such an Arctic fox book is now available, written by the freelance journalist Gary Hamilton.