Arctic dreams

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Barry Holstun Lopez: “Arctic Dreams; Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape” ( 1986) 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.

subjects: Description and travel,  Natural history,  Discovery and exploration,  Arctic regions,  Descubrimiento y exploraciones,  Descripciones y viajes,  National Book Award Winner,  award:national_book_award=1986,  award:national_book_award=nonfiction,  Landschappen,  Natural history, canada,  Natural history, arctic regions,  Arctic regions, description and travel,  Arctic regions, discovery and exploration

People: John Davis,  William Parry

Places: Arctic regions,  Regiones árticas,  Bering Strait,  Davis Strait,  Northern Canada