The Lonely Land Author:Sigurd F. Olson Sigurd F. Olson was born in Chicago in 1899. His family moved to northern Wisconsin in 1905. a graduate of the University of — Wisconsin, he also pursued post-graduate work there in geology, supplementing it with advanced studies in plant and animal ecology at the University of Illinois. For a number of years he taught biology at Ely Junior Colle... more »ge (Minnesota), where he later was dean. He was recognized nationally with many awards and honorary degrees and served as consultant to the federal government on wilderness preservation and ecological problems, as adviser to the Izaak Walton League of America, and as president of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association. His books include THE SINGING WILDERNESS (1956), LISTENING POINT
(1958), RUNES OF THE NORTH (1963), OPEN HORIZONS (1969), REFLECTIONS FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (1976), and OF TIME AND PLACE (1982). A selection of his writings, SIGURD F. OLSON'S WILDERNESS DAYS,was published in 1972. Until his death in 1982, he live and worked in Ely, Minnesota, gateway to the Quetico-Superior region.« less