The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World
The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World
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最后的想象之地：北极世界的人类历史
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2004
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R. McGhee
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R. McGhee
北极的高耸冰山和午夜太阳、燃烧的极光和无尽的冬夜，长期以来一直激发着人们的想象力。现在，在《最后的想象之地》中，著名考古学家罗伯特·麦吉揭开了面纱，揭示了真实的北极世界。基于三十年来与北极原住民的合作以及在该地区的旅行，麦吉的叙述消除了人们对冰冻土地作为一个远离文明而存在的异国偏远世界的看法。在冰冷的现实和耸人听闻的幻想之间，存在着麦吉真正的兴趣，即在整个人类历史上将北极称为家园的人们。他生动地描绘了维京农民、企业家因纽特人和被这片土地的自然财富和令人难以忘怀的美丽所吸引的西方探险家。从对毛皮贸易、象牙狩猎和捕鲸的生动描述，到第一次注定失败的探险的紧张故事，麦吉带领读者踏上旋风般的旅程，穿越这片令人迷失方向、梦幻般的土地，几个世纪以来，这片土地一直让人类着迷。
The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, in "The Last Imaginary Place", renowned archaeologist, Robert McGhee lifts the veil to reveal the true Arctic world. Based on thirty years of work with native peoples of the Arctic and travel in the region, McGhee's account dispels notions of the frozen land as an exotic, remote world that exists apart from civilization. Between the frigid reality and lurid fantasy lies McGhee's true interest, the people who throughout human history have called the Arctic home. He paints a vivid portrait of Viking farmers, entrepreneurial Inuit, and Western explorers seduced by the natural wealth and haunting beauty of this land. From lively accounts of fur trading, ivory hunting, and whaling to white-knuckle tales of the first, doomed expeditions, McGhee takes the reader on a whirlwind journey across this disorienting, dreamlike terrain that has fascinated mankind for centuries.