Description: This bestselling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.The Arctic is a perilous place. Only a few species of wild animals can survive its harsh climate. In this modern classic, Barry Lopez explores the many-faceted wonders of the Far North: its strangely stunted forest, its mesmerizing aurora borealis, its frozen seas. Musk oxen, polar bears, narwhal, and other exotic beasts of the region come alive through Lopez’s passionate and nuanced observations. And, as he examines the history and culture of the indigenous people, along with parallel narratives of intrepid, often underprepared and subsequently doomed polar explorers, Lopez drives to the heart of why the austere and formidable Arctic is also a constant source of breathtaking beauty, beguilement, and wonder.Written in prose as memorably pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is a timeless mediation on the ability of the landscape to shape our dreams and to haunt our imaginations.
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Author: Barry Lopez
Book Title: Arctic Dreams: Northern Landscape
Language: English
Topic: Exploration
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Genre: Action
Publication Year: 1986
Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket
Type: Novel
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Edition: First Edition
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Intended Audience: Adults
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