Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape

Lopez, Barry Holstun 1945-2020 (author.).

Summary: This book is an account of the history, ecology, and mystique of the arctic region. The author offers a thorough examination of this obscure world, its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as hauntingly pure as the land it describes, and is nothing less than an indelible classic of modern literature.

Record details

ISBN: 9780375727481
ISBN: 0375727485
ISBN: 9780844672229
ISBN: 084467222X
ISBN: 9781435296145
ISBN: 1435296141
Physical Description: print
xxix, 464 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Edition: First Vintage books edition.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1986.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-448) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Pond's Bay, Baffin Island -- Arktikos -- Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus -- Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus -- Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros -- Migration: the corridors of breath -- Ice and light -- The country of the mind -- The intent of monks -- A northern passage -- Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea.
Study Program Information Note:	Reading Counts RC 9-12 9.0 36.0 577.
Awards Note:	National Book Award, 1986