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Ice Bear - The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon (Paperback)
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Ice Bear - The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon (Paperback)
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Prime Arctic predator and nomad of the sea ice and tundra, the
polar bear endures as a source of wonder, terror, and fascination.
Humans have seen it as spirit guide and fanged enemy, as trade good
and moral metaphor, as food source and symbol of ecological crisis.
Eight thousand years of artifacts attest to its charisma, and to
the fraught relationships between our two species. In the White
Bear, we acknowledge the magic of wildness: it is both genuinely
itself and a screen for our imagination. Ice Bear traces and
illuminates this intertwined history. From Inuit shamans to Jean
Harlow lounging on a bearskin rug, from the cubs trained to pull
sleds toward the North Pole to cuddly superstar Knut, it all comes
to life in these pages. With meticulous research and more than 160
illustrations, the author brings into focus this powerful and
elusive animal. Doing so, he delves into the stories we tell about
Nature-and about ourselves-hoping for a future in which such tales
still matter.
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