Provides a portrait of the Arctic throughout history, from the Ice Age. The author tells the story of how the Arctic and its peoples came to be as they are, as ... » 

Provides a portrait of the Arctic throughout history, from the Ice Age. The author tells the story of how the Arctic and its peoples came to be as they are, as well as how the region has been imagined over the centuries by the world outside. He provides an insight into the native peoples of the Arctic, and societies. «