From Barry Lopez' "Arctic Dreams"
"This time around, however, the element in the ecosystem at greatest risk is not the bowhead but the coherent vision of an indigenous people. We have no alternative, long-lived narrative to theirs, no story of human relationships with that landscape independent of Western science and any desire to control or possess. Our intimacy lacks historical depth, and is still largely innocent of what is obscure and subtle there"
Barry Lopez (1999) "Arctic Dreams" p11.
Barry Lopez (1999) "Arctic Dreams" p11.