Arctic Dreams

by Lopez, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780553263961
• ISBN10: 055326396X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-04-01
• Publisher: Bantam Books

Summary

Barry Lopez has been hailed as a "master  nature writer" by The New York Times  Book Review, and Arctic  Dreams is undoubtedly his masterwork. Set amidst  the shimmering seas of Northern ice,  Arctic Dreams leads readers on a journey of  the mind and heart into a place that grips the  imagination and invigorates the soul. Part adventure  tale and part meditation on the art of  exploration, this magical book dazzles with the wonder of the  aurora borealis; the awesome power of polar bears  and killer whales; the monumental grandeur of  migrating icebergs; and the beauty and nobility of the  Arctic's indigenous people. Evocative and  everlasting, Arctic Dreams is a  classic.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Author's Note	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Prologue: Pond's Bay, Baffin Island	p. 1
Arktikos	p. 15
Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus	p. 42
Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus	p. 76
Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros	p. 119
Migration: The Corridors of Breath	p. 152
Ice and Light	p. 204
The Country of the Mind	p. 252
The Intent of Monks	p. 302
A Northern Passage	p. 355
Epilogue: Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea	p. 407
Notes	p. 417
Maps	p. 421
Appendices	p. 427
Bibliography	p. 445
Index	p. 449
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