To the Arctic Author:Florian Schulz Enter a world most will never experience in person a world that is inexorably changing in ways that will affect the entire planet. — Companion to the upcoming MacGillivray-Freeman IMAX film of the same name. — Museum-quality color hardback. — In this stunning, large-format, panoramic photo essay, renowned nature photographer Florian Schulz takes re... more »aders on a personal journey to the remote Arctic. In contrast to the common perception of the Arctic as a vast nothingness, Schulz's images display an ecosystem of surprising richness that is teeming with life. Following the cycle of a year, TO THE ARCTIC showcases a pageant of wildlife oddly captivating forms of muskoxen, waves of migrating caribou, and some of the most extraordinary images ever captured of a mother polar bear and her two cubs.
From expansive aerials of the rich reds and golds of the summer tundra, to stark landscapes of ice and amazing underwater images of sea life, Schulz s range of imagery, accompanied by his personal stories, helps us all understand that not only is this a place worth saving, it is the place that could save us all. Complementing Schulz s work is an evocative introduction by Seth Kantner, author of the novel ORDINARY WOLVES and the memoir SHOPPING FOR PORCUPINE: A LIFE IN THE ARCTIC ALASKA.« less