▁diverse ▁aud ien ces . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Se asons ▁of ▁Life ▁and ▁Land , ▁photograph ed ▁by ▁Sub h ank ar ▁Ban er je e , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁book ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁by ▁Mount aine ers ▁Books ▁in ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Al aska ▁W ilder ness ▁League . ▁The ▁book ▁featured ▁the ▁animals , ▁native ▁people ▁and ▁landscape ▁of ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁National ▁Wild life ▁Ref uge ▁and ▁identified ▁thre ats ▁to ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁the ▁refuge . ▁▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁held ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁Senate ▁floor ▁during ▁a ▁debate ▁about ▁oil ▁dr illing ▁in ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁National ▁Wild life ▁Ref uge . ▁The ▁provision ▁to ▁open ▁the ▁land ▁to ▁development , ▁tack ed ▁onto ▁a ▁budget ▁bill , ▁was ▁defeated ▁by ▁a ▁vote ▁of ▁ 5 2 ▁to ▁ 4 8 . ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁vote , ▁Ban er je e ▁received ▁notice ▁that ▁the ▁Smith son ian ▁Institution ' s ▁National ▁Museum ▁of ▁Natural ▁History , ▁which ▁depends ▁on ▁Congress ▁for ▁its ▁fund ing , ▁had ▁decided ▁to ▁move ▁his ▁exhib it ▁from ▁a ▁prominent ▁space ▁near ▁the ▁museum ’ s ▁rot unda ▁to ▁the ▁bottom ▁floor . ▁The ▁exhib it ’ s ▁ca ptions ▁were ▁also ▁exp ung ed ▁of ▁quotes ▁from ▁President ▁Jimmy ▁Carter , ▁and ▁att or ne ys ▁for ▁the ▁museum ▁ins isted ▁that ▁Ban er je e ▁remove ▁all ▁mentions ▁of ▁the ▁Smith son ian ▁from ▁his ▁book .