Arctic dreams
Subtitle: imagination and desire in a northern landscape
By: Barry Lopez.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Natural history -- Arctic regions; Arctic regions -- Description and travel; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-448).