Where Mountains Are Nameless

Author(s): Waterman, Jonathan Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover List Price:  Rs. 1,213 Category: Environmental Conservation & Protection ISBN-10: 0393052192 Language: English Pages: 280 Dimensions: N/A

Overview:

Jonathan Waterman blends historical narrative with vivid tales of his journeys into the Arctic wilderness, creating a tension between past and present, science and politics, reflection and investigation. Since 1983 he has taken eighteen trips to the far North, and spent over two hundred days in and around the embattled refuge. While paddling or trekking cross-country, Waterman encounters howling wolves, British Petroleum workers, Inupiat hunters, and the oil-ravaged Prince William Sound. Where Mountains Are Nameless explores how the hunt for oil has choked Alaska's pristine wilderness and also traces the lives of the celebrated Muries, who spearheaded the establishment of the original wildlife range. This memorable portrait makes the stakes over the refuge vividly clear.