"With huge impact, this beautifully thought-provoking book reveals the declining Arctic region, highlighting the landscape and animals, the community and the traditions as they vanish in front of us."
A beautifully thoughtful and fascinating book exploring the changing Arctic region. Author Neil Shea writes for National Geographic, and one of his big first assignments in 2005 was based in Canada observing an Arctic phenomenon. While the story was ultimately killed, this was obviously a pivotal moment in his career and has led to the writing of this book which follows his observations and travels through the area he describes as Indigenous nuna.
I have been to some of the areas described in Frostlines, locations in both Alaska and Canada, and in his final chapter, Kirkenes in Norway, and it was absolutely fascinating for me to explore again the areas I had visited, this time with his knowledge. He takes you with him on his journey, describing in rich vibrant detail so you are able to see and feel through his eyes and thoughts.
He explains that the Arctic he saw in 2005 no longer exists, and that he assumes that you already know that most of the changes are from human-caused climate warming. And so, as he explored this changing world, I learned of vanishing, famine, and death, I also explored the concepts of sharing, community, and traditions within the isolation and decline.
It made me so sad, and you can feel his pain for the decline of this region even as he shows its beauty. Important, memorable, and compelling, Frostlines sings the song of a vanishing world.
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SILVER WINNER OF THE 2026 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDSRecommended Read from Yale Climate Connections"[Frostlines weaves] together natural history, indigenous perspective, and environmental transformation in the Arctic. The book helps bring a human story to the science of climate change."--ParadeA sweeping exploration of the Arctic--and how it's being transformed by climate change--from National Geographic writer Neil SheaAs warming reshapes our planet, the Arctic--a region that once seemed unchangeable, beyond the reach of modern problems--is quickly coming undone.
Frostlines features in the following genres: Book Club Recommendations, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Biographies & Autobiographies, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Travel, Climate change, Indigenous peoples, Travel writing, The environment
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Frostlines was written by Neil Shea and published by Ecco Press an imprint of HarperCollins
Frostlines has 240 pages
