false 16878 16 Based on 15 extended trips to the Canadian far north over a five-year period, <i>Arctic Dreams</i> celebrates the mysteries of what documentarians fondly call "last frontiers." Such places are everywhere in danger of destruction in the interest of ever-elusive economic progress, but Lopez writes no jeremiads. Instead, he aims to foster a kind of learned understanding of wild places, in this case the vast, scarcely knowable northern landscape. Writing of the natural history of the Arctic and its inhabitants--narwhals, polar bears, beluga whales, musk oxen, and caribou among them--Lopez draws powerful lessons from the land and imparts them assuredly and gracefully. <i>Arctic Dreams</i> deservedly won a National Book Award in 1986 when it was first published. 1579465 book 1986 Arctic Dreams total:359|5:180|4:129|3:38|2:8|1:4| 359 1550 648 66 5 2 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 31 13:15:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 13:24:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue May 26 17:58:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 13:36:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 08:37:46 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 08:43:22 -0800 2008 An amazing journey into the Yukon Territory and the far North. Lopez journeys into the Arctic for understanding and insight, and shares his experience and lessons learned from the expedition. Anyone who has been to the northern territories knows the beauty and spirituality connected to it. It ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 16 20:51:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 11:32:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Thu Oct 25 20:30:33 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 20:49:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:34:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:36:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 22:12:14 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 00:47:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 15 04:58:06 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:44:43 -0800 2009 iglu and aglu are...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 26 10:05:34 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 24 11:32:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 19:05:45 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 22:39:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 19:28:23 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 19:29:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 20 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Mar 21 11:37:51 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 11:38:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 19:55:30 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:04:05 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 13:40:23 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:52:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 07:58:40 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 13:11:05 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 14 06:24:49 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 06:34:06 -0700 2008 super dense, fact-packed social and natural history on the Arctic more readable than it would have been in less ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Feb 02 15:23:39 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:24:50 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sat Jan 03 16:44:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 16:45:55 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 20:48:04 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:50:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 13:30:13 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:38:46 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16878