| Arctic Heroes: A Tribute to the Sled Dogs of Greenland Contributor(s): Axelsson, Ragnar (Photographer), Axelsson, Ragnar (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Ingvarsson, Einar Geir (Designed by) |
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ISBN: 3969000076 ISBN-13: 9783969000076 Publisher: Kehrer Verlag OUR PRICE: $72.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Monographs - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Travel | Polar Regions |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 10.2" W x 13.9" (5.25 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arctic Heroes takes a poignant look at the fate of the Greenland sled dog. In Greenland, where the melting ice sheet is irrevocably disrupting the hunters' 4,000-year old traditional way of life, the stark reality of global warming is an immediate and direct threat to their everyday survival. The Greenland sled dog, essential to Inuit settlement and survival, now faces extinction as hunters are forced to adapt to the vanishing world around them. In over 150 images, and through hunters' personal stories, this book bears witness to the animals' magnificence and the deep, integral role they play in the hunters' lives. The subjects of Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, also known as RAX (b. 1958), are people, animals, and landscape, but the focus of his work is the extraordinary relationships the people of the Arctic have developed with their extreme environment. |