Dinosaurs under the Aurora

Contents

CONTENTS vii PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 1 The Arctic Setting 11 2 Tracks Lead the Way: Circumarctic Discoveries from Svalbard to Koryakia 25 3 A Black Gold Rush Sets the Stage for Discovery in Alaska 40 4 Peregrines, Permafrost, and Bone Beds: Digging Dinosaurs on the Colville River 67 5 Texas, Teachers, and Chinooks: Taking Fieldwork to a New Level 86 6 The Arctic during the Cretaceous 104 7 Cretaceous Dinosaur Pathways in the Paleo-Arctic and along the Western Interior Seaway 115 8 Applying New Technologies to the Ancient Past 128 9 Natural Resources, Climate Change, and Arctic Dinosaurs 136 10 Future Expansion of the Arctic Dinosaur Record 145 GLOSSARY 149 NOTES 159 LITERATURE CITED 171 INDEX ...