I like everything Barry Lopez writes, but this one speaks directly to me just like Lopez's Of Wolves and Men does. I spent a lot of time in Alaska, fell in love with mountains, enjoy reading about explorers and the Arctic, and sense a lot of the same things about this majestic landscape that Lopez does. Having been in Alaska during the construction of the pipeline I know that the things and people he describes are true. He writes of the stress of change and the loss it entails very well. What most amazed me was the section on Frederick Church, a 19th century artist, and the description of arctic light. It will amaze you to.
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