John Harris and his partner Vivien Lougheed have edited and produced Diary of a Lake (Repository Press $22) about Crystal Lake, a mecca for rock climbers in the heart of the Mackenzie Mountains, off the upper South Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories. It contains the published work of American and Canadian scientists who came to the lake, plus their journals and photos, from 1934 onwards. 0-920104-24-X

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