Author: John MacDonald. Published by The Royal Ontario Museum, and The Nunavut Research Institute, 1998, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing 2000. EXTREMELY RARE: SIGNED, dedicated and dated by the Author to a friend in 2003! Printed in Canada by Friesen Printers. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with slight scuff to glossy cover. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8 x 8 inch, 313 pages including index.
THE ARCTIC SKY, by John MacDonald, will take you on a tour of the arctic universe. Constellations, star lore, legends and mythology, the sun, moon, planets, "shooting-stars, " and atmospheric phenomena such as aurora borealis, are explored from a variety of perspectives.
Combining interviews with 30 Inuit elders (from the last generation that travelled by dog team and built the nightly igloo), and drawing from historical records of arctic explorers and other keen observers, The Arctic Sky is a memorable journey through the arctic universe.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John MacDonald is the former director of the Igloolik Research Institute and the author of The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend.
1st Edition & Signed by Author
ISBN: 9780888544278
GC&C Stock #2799
