In the Empire of Ice: Encounters in a Changing Landscape
“In her third and most wrenching ice chronicle…Ehrlich reports on her recent National Geographic Expeditions circumpolar journey within a mosaic containing shards of the grim history of the conquest of the Arctic, empathic portraits of indigenous people, scientific findings, and personal reflections…Ehrlich makes it crystal clear why the demise of Arctic culture will affect us all in this deeply knowledgeable and beautifully composed elegy to a “ruined paradise.”–Booklist Starred Review