ARCTIC BRUCE PARRY

Bruce Parry, Huw Lewis-Jones

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Conway Maritime Press
26 May 2016

Travel & holiday; Expeditions

Explorer Bruce Parry takes an epic Arctic journey, following the six-month Polar summer through Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Scandinavia to document a vital part of our world at a point of extraordinary change.

In this companion to a landmark series, Bruce tells the stories of traditional Arctic inhabitants along with the oilworkers, miners and scientists who have been attracted to this dramatic yet hostile landscape in search of the wealth of natural resources and ecological data it can provide. He highlights the friction between old and new ways as traditional lifestyles are threatened by many factors:climate change, new legislation and the intrusion of big business.

Within engaging, intimate text and specially commissioned photography along with stills from the series, this book provides a human focus in an environmental context. Immersing himself in the cultures of peoples like the Chukchi, the Sami, the hunters of Qaanaaq and the Gwitchin tribes of the Canadian north, Bruce stresses their connection to the lands and hunting grounds that sustain them while exposing the issues they face.

Rich in content and narrative, Arctic Circle with Bruce Parry brings human stories and global issues to the fore, pinpointing cultures on the brink of irreversible change.

By: Bruce Parry, Huw Lewis-Jones
Imprint: Conway Maritime Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 190mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.232kg
ISBN: 9781844861309
ISBN 10: 1844861309
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 26 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruce Parry is one of the UK's best-known TV presenters and adventurers, known particularly for the seminal BBC and Discovery Channel series 'Tribe' and 'Amazon' in which he became a member of several indigenous tribes to fully enter into their culture, traditions and rituals. Huw Lewis-Jones is a historian and former Curator of Art at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Polar Portraits and Ocean Portraits in Conway's Face to Face series. Formerly Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, and Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, London, Huw is also a consultant within media and broadcasting and an expert in maritime and polar exploration history.