{"product_id":"9781578051144","title":"Caribou Rising: Defending the Porcupine Herd, Gwich-'in Culture, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe eloquent voice of Rick Bass has been raised often in celebration and defense of America’s wilderness and wildlife. In \u003ci\u003eCaribou Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, Bass journeys to one of the sole remaining landscapes on Earth where the wild is entirely untrammeled—Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where great caribou herds gather, calve, and migrate, and where the ancient bond between animals and human hunters still informs daily life.\u003cbr\u003eAs the Bush administration was pressuring Congress to open the Refuge to oil drilling, Bass traveled to Arctic Village to join the native Gwich-‘in in their annual caribou hunt. He wanted to witness and report on what we all stand to lose if that comes to pass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaribou Rising\u003c\/i\u003e details Bass’s time hunting as well as talking with the Gwich-‘in and their leaders, and offers his reflections on the profound differences between that culture and our own, and on the ancient physical and spiritual connection between the Gwich-‘in and the caribou.\u003cbr\u003eThose who read this extraordinary testament to the Refuge, the caribou, and the Gwich-‘in will come to appreciate the interconnectedness of all three, and cannot help but be inspired to make a stand in their defense.","brand":"Sierra Club Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036153594096,"sku":"9781578051144","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781578051144_p0.jpg?v=1763795210","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781578051144","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}