Lawrence Milliam is an arctic explorer and mycologist. He has taught at Tufts University, the University of Iceland, University of Minnesota, Vermont College, and Harvard University (Extension) and is the author of sixteen books, including At the End of the World and Fungipedia. He has received a Guggenheim Award, Fulbright Fellowship, and Bush Foundation Fellowship. He has appeared in major media including National Geographic, the Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Outside, the Times Literary Supplement, the Boston Globe, the London Sunday Times, and the Journal of American Folklore. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
1. Preface
Encounters with Northern Natives
* ANNIE HENRY OF THE YUKON
* SURVIVAL
* COLLECTING LORE
* ROSIE IQALLIJUQ, AN INTERVIEW
* DREAMS
* KILLING STORIES
* HUDSON
* AULD LANG SYNE
* AN EXPERT MECHANIC
* LONGEVITY
* STRANGERS ON THE TUNDRA
* AN ENCOUNTER WITH A QIVIQTOQ
* SUPPORTING ART
* A GREENLANDIC SOCCER MATCH
* LATE TO SCHOOL
* THE LAST WINDIGO
* THE LAST SPEAKER OF BEAR
Encounters with Flora, Fauna, and Food
* FLYING IN CHUKOTKA
* A GRIZZLY ENCOUNTER
* SEAL HUNTING
* AVIAN INTELLECT
* MEETING WITH A MUSK OX
* THE INUIT PUJOALUK
* STARVATION CUISINE
* AN INUIT DELICACY
* DOG FOOD
* A DISH OF DEFECATION
* IN AN ICELANDIC FOREST
* STARING SESSION
* THE ORIGIN OF BLOODTHIRSTINESS
* ORNITHOLOGY IN THE YUKON
* STICK FIGURES
Encounters with Remote Places
* A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
* ANOTHER WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
* MAKING CONTACT
* WHERE THE DEAD MEN REST
* LEGENDS OF THE LOST
* ANOTHER MISSING PERSON
* A REMARKABLE PIMPLE
* WRANGEL ISLAND’S WONDERS
* LIQUID GOLD
* THE BIGGEST BELLY IN THE WORLD
* REACHING A SUMMIT
* FARTHEST NORTH
* ICELANDIC NOTES
* EAST GREENLAND NOTES
* THE BOYS OF WINTER
* HELL ANIMAL
* VIKING INVADERS
* A NORTHERN HOLOCAUST
Encounters, Miscellaneous in Nature
* AN EXPEDITION CRUISE
* A VINTAGE ENCOUNTER
* COLD COMFORT
* REMEMBERING ELLIOTT MERRICK
* AT THE GRAVE OF A MORAVIAN ESKIMO CHIEFTAIN
* MEETING HELGI PJETURRS
* A HEROINE OF THE ARCTIC
* MEETING HALLDOR LAXNESS
* A RARIFIED BALLAD
* MURDERED BY A MADMAN
* A CHAT ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS
* SOME LIKE IT HOT
* THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL DISTANCER
* CODA: WIND BLASTED
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