Frostlines : a journey through entangled lives and landscapes in a warming Arctic
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
Physical Description
222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Summary
"As warming reshapes our planet, the Arctic--a region that once seemed unchangeable, beyond the reach of modern problems--is quickly coming undone. While the old cold world can still be glimpsed in the movements of caribou, the hidden lives of wolves, and the hunting skill of an Iânupiaq elder, look closer and you'll find a new Arctic appearing in its place. ... Neil Shea blends natural history, anthropology, and travel writing to explore how the beauty, chaos, and power of change in the far north are reflected in the lives of people and animals. He sojourns with a wolf pack on Canada's Ellesmere Island and travels with Indigenous hunters in Alaska, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. He tracks dwindling caribou herds across the top of North America, searches for vanished Vikings in Greenland, and visits the front line of the new Cold War rising between Russia and Europe. What Shea finds is not one Arctic but many--all still linked by shattering cold, seasons of darkness, and a pure, inimitable light"--
Contents
- Introduction: A gift of whales
- Among wolves: Umingmak Nuna/Ellesmere Island
- Northwest passages: Qikiqtaq/King William Island
- Barren lands: Hozi de/Northwest Territories
- Last of the nomads: Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
- The lost colony: Greenland
- Borderlands: Kirkenes, Norway.