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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape

Barry Lopez

2

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#61 of 3,809 books · #2 in General

Won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1986) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1986).

Barry Lopez leads readers on a journey of the mind and heart into a place that grips the imagination and invigorates the soul. Set amidst the shimmering seas of Northern ice, Arctic Dreams is part adventure tale and part meditation on the art of exploration. The 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.

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Publisher
Bantam
ISBN-13
9780553263961
Topics
Arctic explorationNature and wildlifeIndigenous cultures

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