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Circling the midnight sun : culture and change in the invisible Arctic / James Raffan.

Summary:

Over the course of three years, Jim Raffan circumnavigated the globe at 66.5 degrees latitude: the Arctic Circle. Armed with his passion for the north, his interest in diverse cultures and his unquenchable sense of adventure, he set out to put a human face on climate change. What he discovered was by turns shocking, frustrating, entertaining and enlightening. Here, he presents a portrait of the circumpolar world, and a story of societies and landscapes in the throes of enormous change.

Record details

ISBN: 9781443405843 (hardcover)
Physical Description: 456 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : col., ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Map on lining papers.

Formatted Contents Note:

Map -- Prologue - 1. Living the sagas(Iceland) - 2. Voices of the sacred mountain (Norway) - 3. We have the power (Sweden) - 4. Things go better with Santa (Finland) - 5. Hidden truths (Russia) - 6. Semjon's obshchina (Russia) - 7. A mask for luck (Russia) - 8. Yamal reindeer (Russia) - 9. Upriver (Russia) - 10. Shaman's dream (Russia) - 11. Road of bones (Russia) - 12. Mandar's Smithy (Russia) - 13. Arctic gold (Russia) - 14. Snow wind (Russia) - 15. Fate control (Russia) - 16. Ninety-three-year-old sourdough (Alaska) - 17. Ho, Ho, Ho (Alaska) - 18. Breakfast with Clarence (Alaska) - 19. Landscape and memory (Canada) - 20. The Atanigi Expedition (Canada) - 21. Bearness (Canada) - 22. Walking backwards into the future (Canada) - 23. Greenland leading the way (Greenland) - 24. Home stretch (International waters) -- Epilogue: After the cold rush -- Acknowledgements.