THE CURSE OF THE LABRADOR DUCK: MY OBSESSIVE QUEST TO THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION
Book ID/图书代码： 06002008B28782
English Summary/英文概要： The Labrador Duck, extinct for more than 100 years, once roamed North America, but little is known about this striking black-and-white bird. Often mentioned in the same breath as the Passenger Pigeon, Dodo and Great Auk, stuffed specimens housed in glass and plastic in museums and private collections around the world, are rare—only 55 are known to exist. Even more rare is the kind of scientist who would travel the world over more than three times in search for every last authentic stuffed bird. That rare specimen is Dr. Glen Chilton, a biologist with a self-professed obsessive personality. His pursuit of the rare, extinct species brought him into encounters with a Scottish hermit, Russian gangsters and a jailed sheik. Chilton travelled to the duck’s known habitat on Canada’s east coast, but also to museums and personal collections (and on many adventures) in Germany, Russia, Scotland, Montreal, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Prague, Vienna, and across the United States and the Middle East. Over the course of his epic journey, Chilton encountered a colourful array of collectors, scientists, journalists, and others, and earned numerous hangovers, swam naked in a glacier-fed stream, and narrowly avoid arrest in New York City.
The Curse of the Labrador Duck is truly a story of obsession, a quest unlike any other, a near-impulsive journey around the planet in pursuit of a bird no one has seen alive since the nineteenth century.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 遭遇灭绝已有100多年的拉布拉多鸭曾出没于北美洲，可惜鲜少有人关注这一黑白相间的鸟类。人们常在说到候鸽、古代巨鸟、大海雀的时候提起它，它们的标本或被放在博物馆供人观赏，或成为全世界收藏夹的私人收藏，事实上目前幸存的数量只有少得可怜的55。更少的的那些愿意为了搜寻它们而跑遍全世界的科学家们。
Glen Chilton博士就是这样一个人，他是一位有着坚韧毅力的生物学家。对稀有物种的四处追寻让他邂逅连连，他遇到过苏格兰隐士、俄罗斯黑帮和入狱的酋长。Chilton去过加拿大东海岸，那里是拉布拉多鸭的栖息地，他也拜访过德国、俄罗斯、苏格兰、蒙特利尔、英国、法国、爱尔兰、美国、荷兰、比利时、布拉格、维也纳和中东等国家的博物馆和个人收藏家（和一些冒险家）。在他传奇般的旅途过程中，Chilton遇到了一大群有趣的人，他们当中有收藏家、科学家、旅行家等等，除此之外，他的酒量和泳技都长进不少，他曾在冰川中裸泳，还差点在纽约被捕。
《拉布拉多鸭的诅咒》是一个关于坚持的真实故事，是一段和其他作品都不同的追寻历程，同时它也是一场令人热血沸腾的旅程！（毕竟他找寻的是一种19世纪之后就没再出现过的鸟类啊）（YYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Dr. Glen Chilton is an internationally recognized ornithologist and Professor Emeritus at St. Mary’s University College in Calgary, Alberta. Chilton began his university studies at 16, and started teaching university at 19. A world renowned behavioural ecologist, he has been teaching for 29 years. Chilton is the world’s leading authority on the extinct Labrador Duck—when the Smithsonian has a question about the Labrador Duck, they go to him. Chilton now resides in Australia.
Glen Chilton博士是一位在国际上享有盛誉的鸟类学家，同时也是亚伯达省加尔卡里市圣玛丽大学的荣誉教授。Chilton16岁时进入大学，19岁开始授课。作为一名世界知名的行为生态学家，他的教学生涯长达29年。chilton是拉布拉多鸭方面的权威专家，史密森要是有相关的疑惑就会去问他。他目前居住在澳大利亚。
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