Vintage NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.170 No. 4 October 1986

A Vintage copy of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.170 No. 4 October 1986

Featuring:

Are the Soviets Ahead in Space?

Methodically building on experience, the U.S.S.R. boasts an ambitious space program that in some respects surpasses our own. Science editor Thomas Y. Canby reports.

New Nations in the Pacific

A U. S. trust territory transforms itself into three new countries and a commonwealth, with America as godparent. Carolyn Bennett Patterson investigates the metamorphosis of these far-flung islands. Photographs by David Hiser and Melinda Berge.

The Dutch Touch

The people of the Netherlands successfully cope with problems that might swamp a larg-er nation with a less practical approach. By Bart McDowell, with photographs by Nathan Benn and Farrell Grehan.

Wall Against the Sea

The Dutch cap an ambitious 30-year engi-neering project with the giant Oosterschelde surge barrier to protect a major estuary. Larry Kohl tells how it will work.

Red Deer: the Ancient Quarry

Whether the prize of an English hunt or the product of a New Zealand farm, red deer have long been important to man. British zoologist T. H. Clutton-Brock assesses their global sta-tus today; photographs by Jim Brandenburg.

Studying Scotland's Deer

Dr. Clutton-Brock describes a 14-year re-search effort on the isle of Rhum.

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