“In the Arctic, the land begins to dream itself. Barry Lopez gives us the moonlit madness and the extreme strangeness and the absolute clarity of the world there,” writes Jay Griffiths of Lopez’ National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North. Lopez’ profound poetic exploration of the Arctic and the stories it holds – considered to be his masterpiece – uncovers the intimate relationship between the Arctic and its myriad human and non-human inhabitants.

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