"The Yukon River is 2,000 miles long and the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this riveting examination of one of the last wild places on earth, Adam Weymouth canoes from Canada's Yukon Territory, through Alaska, to the Bering Sea. The result is a book that shows how even the most remote wilderness is affected by the same forces reshaping the rest of the planet. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of king salmon migrate...

Describes the climatic conditions of the rain forest as well as the different layers of plants and animals that comprise the ecosystem.

The artist presents oil paintings of the forest at different times during the fall and winter and discusses the plants and animals that live there.