The Northern Lights : secrets of the Aurora Borealis
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The Northern Lights : secrets of the Aurora Borealis
Alaska Northwest Books, c2009
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"Portions of this book were previously published in March 2002 by The Alaska Geographic Society〓 as Vol. 29, No. 1, as Secrets of the Aurora Borealis, an Alaska Geographic serial publication (ISSN 0361-1353), edited by Penny Rennick" -- On t.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 184-187
Includes index
Contents of Works
- Auroral legends
- Auroral sightings in ancient times and medieval days
- The Aurora and polar explorers
- The Aurora and northern settlers
- Earliest ideas about the Aurora
- Pioneers of modern Auroral science
- Basic facts about the Aurora
- Auroral displays: auroral substorm
- What kind of auroral displays are you watching?
- Solving the riddle of the Aurora
- Solar actions
- 21st-century progress in Auroral science
- Photographing the Aurora