WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANE

Lopezs 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. And, 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.

Barry Lopez is the author of seven works of non-fiction and nine works of fiction. His writing appears regularly inHarper's,The Paris Review,Orion, andThe Georgia Review. He is the recipient of a National Book Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and many other honours. Lopez lives in western Oregon.

Winner of the National Book Award in 1986, Lopez"s magnum opus explores the Arctic landscape and the hold it continues to exert on our imagination