Edward Alexander Preble
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Edward Alexander Preble was an American naturalist
and conservationist
. He is noted for work in studying birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. He also acted as an editor for nature magazines.
In 1907, Preble and Ernest Thompson Seton
discovered the remains of a wolf pack near a long abandoned cabin at the Great Slave Lake
in Canada
. The two verified the claim of the American frontiersman Charles "Buffalo" Jones
, who a full decade earlier in 1897-1898 had traveled to the Arctic Circle
in an attempt to capture live musk oxen. Jones had claimed that he and his party shot and fended off the hungry wolves from inside their cabin.
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
and conservationist
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
. He is noted for work in studying birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. He also acted as an editor for nature magazines.
In 1907, Preble and Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America . Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting...
discovered the remains of a wolf pack near a long abandoned cabin at the Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada , the deepest lake in North America at , and the ninth-largest lake in the world. It is long and wide. It covers an area of in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from to and up to ...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The two verified the claim of the American frontiersman Charles "Buffalo" Jones
Charles "Buffalo" Jones
Charles Jesse Jones, known as Buffalo Jones , was an American frontiersman, farmer, rancher, hunter, and conservationist who cofounded Garden City, Kansas...
, who a full decade earlier in 1897-1898 had traveled to the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....
in an attempt to capture live musk oxen. Jones had claimed that he and his party shot and fended off the hungry wolves from inside their cabin.