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Polar Obsession
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By Paul Nicklen
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 (22 Reviews)
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Focal Point
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November 10, 2009 |
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Hardcover
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Pages:
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240
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Product Description
The Arctic is in Paul Nicklen’s blood. Born and raised on Baffin Island, Nunavut, he grew up in one of the only non-Inuit families in a tiny native settlement amid the ice fields, floes, and frigid seas of Northern Canada. At an age when most children are playing hide-and-seek, he was learning life-and-death lessons of survival: how to read the weather, find shelter in a frozen snowscape, or live off the land as his Inuit neighbors had done for centuries.
Today Nicklen is a naturalist and wildlife photographer uniquely qualified to portray the impact of climate change on the polar regions and their inhabitants, human and animal alike. In a wise and wonderful intertwining of art and science, his bold expeditions plunge him into freezing seas to capture unprecedented, up-close documentation of the lives of leopard seals, whales, walruses, polar bears, bearded seals, and narwhals. Bathed in polar light, his images, inspiring and amazing, break new ground in photography and provide a vivid, timely portrait of two extraordinary, endangered ecosystems.
Look Inside Polar ObsessionClick on thumbnails for larger images | A large female leopard seal greets photographer Göran Ehlmé. Anvers Island, Antarctica | A young polar bear leaps between ice floes. Barents Sea, Svalbard, Norway | A kittiwake soars in front of a large iceberg. Svalbard, Norway | Narwhals dive deep under the ice to feed on Arctic cod, then return to the surface to breathe and raise their tusks high in the air. Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada | Mother bear and two-year-old cub drift on glacier ice. Hudson Strait, Nunavut, Canada |  |  |  |  |  |
| A gentoo penguin chick peeks, checking for patrolling leopard seals before tempting fate. Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula | A leopard seal feeds Paul Nicklen a penguin. Antarctic Peninsula | A large bull walrus returns to the shores of Prins Karl Forland after diving and feeding on clams. Svalbard, Norway | Looking towards an uncertain future, a huge male bear triggers a camera trap, taking his own picture. Leifdefjorden, Spitsbergen, Norway | In the Arctic spring, meltwater channels drain toward and down a seal hole, returning to the sea. |  |  |  |  |  |
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very good table book, July 15, 2010
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The quality is excellent, printed olor photos are not grainy at all. The material contained is beyond description. I have a dep love for the North Pole, but after reading this book I find that I must go there. Too bad my photography skills are not nearly good enough compared to this guy!
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unlike anything else, April 28, 2010
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I got this as a gift and it was a fantastic success. The pictures are gorgeous and the text is interesting, its truly a one of a kind book. I did a lot of research and this book contains photos you cant find anywhere else...
TIP: If you know someone who likes narwhals, this will leave them speechless...don't even look at anything else, this is what you should buy for them.
I HIGHLY recommend this book. As an animal lover with a great appreciation for photography, I consider this to be one of my all time best forCycling purchases.
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Polar Obsession, April 9, 2010
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The pictures are breath-taking and the text is well-wriiten, informative and intriguing. This photographer/author went to extraordinary lenghts to get these usual and rare photos. These photos are currently on display at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.
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Every photographers dream!, March 30, 2010
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Paul Nicklen is one amazing man and an outstanding photographer. The book is such a superb quality item that I highly recommend it to anyone into wildlife, animals, photography, adventure or whatever gets you going. Not only does it contain loads of beautiful images but these also come with a very interesting text and explanations. I am very happy that books like these exist! Thank you Paul!
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Great book, but the one we got from forCycling was filthy, March 12, 2010
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The book is amazing. beautiful photos. The copy we got from forCycling was dusty and dirty, but thankfully just on the dust jacket. As it was a gift, I was quite annoyed by this.
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