Dimensions
130 x 197 x 32mm
Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
'Arctic Dreams' is a book that re-defined the genre of nature writing. In prose of transparent beauty, Lopez celebrates the Arctic landscape and the animals and people that live there. He recounts massive migration by land, sea and air, the epic voyages of explorers, the astonishing play of light - aurora borealis, solar and lunar rings, halos and coronas, the distant mountain that is actually a looming mirage. But he also looks deep into our dreams and the strange fascination that the Arctic exerts over our imaginations. Why do we find such a hostile, elemental environment so beautiful, so full of magic, so rich in ideas about how we should live our lives?
