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  VOICE PART FOR A DUET

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  LOVE IN THE AGE OF RELATIVITY

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  STRAWBERRIES UNDER ICE

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  Index

  Abbey, Ed, 218–25

  ablation, 257–60

  Aborigines, see Tasmanian Aborigines

  Addison, Corran, 39, 42, 44

  Agriculture Department, U.S., 96–97

  albinism, 84, 89

  Aloft (Bodio), 112, 113

  alpine (downhill) skiing:

  alpine turns in, 134–35

  control in, 181

  equipment for, 131

  telemark turns in, 131, 134

  Alpine Skills International, 132, 134

  Amir (cab driver), 90–91, 92

  Animal Damage Control program, 96–97

  Antarctica, 253–54, 266

  Aptenodytes forsteri (emperor penguin), 237

  Aristotle, 201

  artificial selection, and survival, 82–88, 110, 112–15, 116

  Aru Islands, 208–17

  birds of paradise in, 209–16

  commerce in, 208–12, 213–14, 216–17

  Dobo, 208, 210

  isolation of, 216

  Wallace in, 209, 210, 213–14

  Athrotaxis selaginoides (King Billy pine), 171

  Avalanche Handbook, The (McClung and Schaerer), 157

  avalanches, 155–58

  causes of, 160–61

  fatality toll of, 157–58

  and snow science, 157–58

  start of, 163–64

  Baker, Shawn, 39

  Banks, Joseph, 204–5, 206

  barnacles, 226–35

  acorn, 231, 232, 235

  goose, 231

  see also Cirripedia

  Bates, Henry, 205

  Bellhouse, B. J., 51

  Benedict, Shane, 39, 40, 42

  Benner, Dawn, 39

  Bentley, Wilson A., 159

  Berger, A. M., 201

  Berger, John, 88–89

  Berryman, Alan A., 120–21, 126

  Bio Bio, Rio, 42, 69–70, 73, 74

  biogeography, island, 59–61

  biology, conservation, 59, 63–65

  bird of paradise, 209–16

  in captivity, 211–12

  greater, 209, 210, 211–16

  king, 209, 213

  lekking behavior of, 212, 215–16, 314

  in Little Tobago, 214–15

  plumage of, 212–14

  and sexual selection, 212

  species of, 212

  birds:

  pair-bonding of, 238–39

  parental care of, 237

  Birkeland, Karl, 155–58, 161–64

  BLOPSTI, 181–82

  Bodio, Stephen, and pigeons, 112, 113, 114–15, 116

  Bon, Jerry, 146

  Bonfiglio, Lee:

  and Pirouette kayak, 30, 31, 40

  and whitewater rodeo, 30, 31, 39, 40, 42

  Borkovec, Rick, 132, 181

  Bridger Bowl, Montana, Pinhead Classic held at, 130, 133, 137–38

  Burkhart, Ed, 143–44, 147–48

  By-Way Cafe, 142–43

  Calkins, Scott, 148, 151

  Callaway, Risa, 39

  Campo Tres Monjas, 68–71

  Carville, Mike, 134, 135–36

  causality, and Newcomb’s Paradox, 152–53

  Chile:

  Campo Tres Monjas, 68–71

  CODDERFU in, 74–75

  ENDESA in, 74

  Expediciones Chile, 36–37

  Lake District of, 66–67

  Rio Bio Bio in, 42, 69–70, 73, 74

  Rio Futaleufu in, 36–37, 66–77

  whitewater in, 32, 36, 68

  Chung Woo Lee, 160

  Cicinnurus regius (king bird of paradise), 209, 213

  Cincinnati Zoo, 81–89

  Cirripedia (barnacles):

  cementing of, 230, 233

  Darwin on, 226–27, 229, 233, 235

  distribution of, 232

  life cycle of, 229–32, 234

  name of, 228–29

  sessile adults, 230

  sex life of, 229–30

  survival of, 231–32

  cities, 79–126

  Cincinnati Zoo, 81–89

  coyote survival in, 90–99

  as human canyons, 115

  and species outbreaks, 118–26

  superdove survival in, 109–17

  CODDERFU, 74–75

  Colorado River, Westwater Canyon, 34

  Columba livia (rock dove), 111–12, 116

  commerce:

  of Aru Islands, 208–12, 213–14, 216–17

  and rarity, 213–14

  compression wood, 106–7

  connectivity:

  federally mandated, 63

  vs. fragmentation, 58, 59, 65

  of habitat corridors, 60, 62, 63, 65

  trinkets and, 217

  and wildness, 58–65

  Conway, William, 83, 88

  Corner, E.J.H., 104

  Costa, James T., 122

  Cotter, John, 143–48

  and Minuteman program, 143, 144–45, 147–48

  and Newcomb’s Paradox, 153–54

  and training, 144–45

  coyotes:

  and Animal Damage Control program, 96–97

  human complaints about, 91–92

  in Los Angeles, 90–95, 97–98

  as omnivores, 94

  totemic status of, 94

  tracks of, 92

  unexploited populations of, 96–97

  in Yellowstone Park, 95–97

  Crabtree, Robert, 96–97

  Cradle Mountain/Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania:

  and Aborigines, 167–68, 171

  hiking on, 167–68, 169–71, 172–73, 176–77

  and Overland Track, 168, 173

  cross-country skiing, see nordic skiing

  Crowther, W. L., 173, 174

  Cuban Missile Crisis, 146

  currawong, black, 170

  Currey, Steve, 70

  Dagger Canoe Company:

  and corporate competition, 32, 38, 41

  and kayak design, 27, 32, 37–38

  and Spelius, 27, 30, 32, 38, 42, 44

  and whitewater rodeos, 30, 32, 41, 44

  Darwin, Charles, 205

  and barnacles, 226–27, 229, 233, 235

  life history of, 234–35

  marriage of, 234

  and natural selection, 113, 231, 233–34

  and sexual selection, 212

  Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, 234

  death:

  accidental, 258–60

  and Animal Damage Control program, 96–97

  by avalanche, 157–58

  and ceremony, 223–25

  and commemoration, 219–20

  in the desert, 222–23

  extinction of species, 166–67

  of forests, 108

  and grabbing the loop, 73

  and interaction, 191

  killing and personal ethics, 191–96

  and Newcomb’s Paradox, 153–54

  of rivers, 73

  of trout, 21–22, 26, 191, 192

  of what we love, 26

  of wildness, 11–12, 194, 195

  DeRiemer, Phil, 69

  Desert Solitaire (Abbey), 219–23

  Dinsmore, James J., 215

  doves, rock, 111–12, 115, 116

  downhill skiing, see alpine skiing

  duetting, 242–43

  Dunbar, R.I.M., 241, 242–43

  ecosystem conservation, 63–65

  ecosystem decay, 59–60

  Einstein, Albert, 247, 248, 249

  emperor penguin, parenting behavior of, 237

  ENDESA, 74

  ethics, personal, 188–90, 192–96

  Euler, Leonhard, 52

  evolution:

  and artificial selection, 82–88, 110, 112–15, 116

  and extinction, 166–67

  of monogamy, 240–41

  and natural selection, 110, 114, 231

  and sexual selection, 212

  survival of the fittest in, 97, 110

  extinction, and Tasmanian Aborigines, 166–67, 174–76

  Felis concolor (mountain lion), 187–96

  accidental encounters with, 194

  beauty of, 190

  cooking meat of, 187–88, 196

  game-animal status of, 193

  hunting of, 191–92, 195–96

  populations of, 192–94

  Feral Pigeons (Johnston and Janiga), 110

  Fesler, Doug, 157

  fishing guide, job of, 22–25

  Fitzgerald, T. D., 122

  fluid dynamics, 48–51

  complexities of, 162

  and Leonardo’s drawings, 52–54

  vorticity, 50–51, 55

  Ford, Kent, 40, 44

  Foreman, Dave, 56–65

  Forster, E. M., 61

  fragmentation, of wild areas, 58, 59, 65

  frazil ice, 261–62, 263–64

  Fredston, Jill, 157

  Free-Heel Skiing (Parker), 132–34

  friendship, ablation of, 260

  Fuller, John, 182

  Futaleufu, Rio, 36–37, 66–77

  Gallatin National Forest, 155, 157

  Gallatin River, kayaking on, 46–48, 50–51, 54–55

  Garcia, Mike, 71

  Gardner, Denise, 176

  Gavere, Dan, 30, 39, 42, 44

  Ghiselin, Michael, 233

  Gill, Don, 94–95

  glaciers, 254

  calving of, 257

  flow of, 261

  Gmelin, Johann, 205

  Gould, Stephen Jay, 233

  habitat corridors, 60, 62, 63, 65

  Hall, Dickie, 132, 136–37, 178–86

  and Annual Telemark Festival, Sugarbush, 178–80, 182, 185–86

  and BLOPTSI, 181–82

  and NATO, 136, 182–84, 186

  and telemark techniques, 136, 183–85

  Hallé, Francis, 104, 105

  Harvey, William, 52

  Hawking, Stephen, 250–51

  heart, 197–267

  commerce and rarity, 208–17

  compromise and yearning, 199–207

  death and celebration, 218–25

  pair-bonding and love, 236–44

  point of attachment, 226–35

  relativity of time, 245–52

  strawberries under ice, 253–67

  vortices in, 51–52

  hibernation, of swallows, 200–202, 207

  Hipsher, Mike, 71

  Hirundo rustica (barn swallow), 203, 206, 207

  Høeg, Peter, 158

  Holbek, Lars, 69

  holes (whitewater):

  described, 28, 48

  enders in, 28

  names for, 48

  retendo moves in, 29

  and rodeos, 28, 36, 49

  and vorticity, 50–51, 55

  Homo sapiens:

  and monogamy, 238

  outbreak of, 120–21, 126

  pair-bonding by, 243

  Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 205, 233

  Horn, Henry S., 104

  Huli people of New Guinea, 213

  hunting, 187–96

  bow vs. rifle, 189

  and eating the meat, 189, 191–92

  as interaction, 190–91

  and personal ethics, 188–90, 192–96

  and population control, 194

  and trophies, 191–92

  Huxley, Thomas Henry, 205, 229, 235

  hydraulics (souseholes), 48; see also whitewater

  ice, 253–67

  ablation of, 257–60

  bridge of, 262

  calving of, 257

  flow of, 263–64

  formation of, 261

  frazil, 261–62, 263–64

  glacier, 254, 257, 261

  and gradient of net mass balance, 253–56, 254

  and Leontiev’s Axiom, 266

  rivers blocked by, 264

  sheet, 254, 262, 263

  strawberries under, 267

  Inuit dialect, words for snow in, 158, 159

  island biogeography, 59–61

  Jackson, Eric, 40, 44

  Janiga, Marián, 110, 116

  Johnson, Ron:

  and education program, 157

 

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