Barry Lopez Arctic Dreams Paperback Book

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4A master nature writer (New York Times) provides the ultimate natural, social and cultural history of the Arctic landscape. The author of Horizons classic work explores the Arctic landscape and the hold it continues to exert on our imagination. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANELopezs journey across our frozen planet is a celebration of the Arctic in all its guises. A hostile landscape of ice, freezing oceans and dazzling skyscapes. Home to millions of diverse animals and people. The stage to massive migrations by land, sea and air. The setting of epic exploratory voyages. In crystalline prose, Lopez captures the magic of the Arctic the essential mystery and beauty of a continent that has enchanted mans imagination and ambition for centuries. The Arctic dreamland seen and described by a writer of rare perception and poetic descriptive power... The pages sparkle with Arctic light Scotsman | Barry Lopez Arctic Dreams Paperback Book