Arctic Dreams
by Barry Lopez
1986Description and travelNatural historyDiscovery and explorationArctic regionsDescubrimiento y exploraciones
3.7
Open LibraryAbout this book
This is an account of the author's exploration of the Western Arctic region, between Bering Strait and Davis Strait. It is an account both of the natural history of the Arctic, and equally of how the Arctic grips the human spirit and imagination.\ The chapters are rich in their descriptions of the Arctic –of the physical land itself, the native peoples that the author met, the Arctic animals and plants, both terrestrial and aquatic, the ice and the Arctic light that make the region so distinctly different from the temperate and tropical parts of Earth. But Lopez also gives us a sense of how the Arctic fascinates the mind and spirit – through his own personal experiences and through the history of the Arctic - both of the native peoples and the discovery expeditions.
Themes & subjects
Description and travelNatural historyDiscovery and explorationArctic regionsDescubrimiento y exploracionesDescripciones y viajes
First published 1986Characters & people
Setting
Arctic regionsRegiones árticasBering StraitDavis StraitNorthern CanadaPolo Nord - Descrizioni e viaggi
About the author
Barry Lopez
1945-01-06 – 2020-12-25
Barry Holstun Lopez (January 6, 1945 – December 25, 2020) was an American essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns. In a career spanning over 50 years, he visited more than 80 countries, and wrote extensively about a variety of landscapes including the Arctic wilderness, exploring the relationship between human cultures and nature. He won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for *Arctic Dreams* (1986) and his *Of Wolves and Men* (1978) was a National Book Award finalist. He was a contributor to magazines including *Harper's Magazine,* *National Geographic,* and *The Paris Review.*
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