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Travels on the edge: a naturalist's notes from the back of beyond
2026
Abstract
"For almost fifty years, Robert Peck has traveled the world as the official photographer, historian, and chronicler of scientific expeditions from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's oldest natural history institution (now part of Drexel University). He has discovered three new frogs in the Andes, collected several new species of fish on the Oronoco River, and helped study little-known insects in rarely visited parts of Africa and the Caribbean. He has made seven extensive expeditions to Mongolia to study its wildlife and document the fast-changing lives of its nomadic herdsmen. He has witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall, traveled with camel caravans across the Gobi Desert, faced down headhunters in Ecuador, and been put under house arrest in China. Travels on the Edge is a collection of stand-alone, but related essays recounting his remarkable experiences. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in travel, to little-known parts if the world, and the study of wildlife"-- Provided by publisher.
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Details
- Title
- Travels on the edge
- Creators
- Robert McCracken Peck
- Publisher
- The American Philosophical Society Press; Philadelphia
- Number of pages
- 240 pages
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 9781606181539; 160618153X; 991022162862504721