Yukon: A Wilder Place
by Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle

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Yukon: A Wilder Place: A celebration of the Yukon, one of the world's last wild hot spots

In this remarkable collection of photographs, Fritz Mueller captures fleeting, compelling moments in a timeless Yukon landscape, one of the world's wildest and most overlooked wilderness areas. The view through Mueller's lens is influenced by his scientific roots and inspired by his visual artist's aesthetic. Although the beauty of this raw landscape is a central theme, his images also tell the story of a magnificent, complex natural system. Mueller takes us on the annual migration of the Porcupine caribou herd, and he captures intimate portraits of icy grizzly bears gorging on salmon at the Arctic Circle. His appreciation for nature's minutiae -- voles, berries, frogs -- is a refreshing perspective on a landscape writ large.

This photographic work is complemented by an evocative text by Teresa Earle. We learn about the Yukon's vulnerability, as shown in photographs of fragile tundra ecosystems, a rare orchid photographed in a top-secret location, and an icefield bathed in the pink glow of desert dust carried from halfway around the globe. The book is a deeply personal project for this husband and wife team, who spent much of the past two decades exploring landscapes that have defined both their relationship and their passion for wild places.

The authors offer an exquisite portrayal of a wild place on the cusp of change. As wilderness vanishes and intact ecosystems deteriorate, the Yukon remains one of the last wild hot spots, a conservation treasure of international significance.

Praise for the book

“If landscape is a gymnasium for the sensibilities, as the novelist John Fowles once wrote, then the Yukon is an Olympic gymnastics pavilion... as Fritz Mueller and Teresa Earle reveal in Yukon: A Wilder Place” – Wall Street Journal

“Greystone Books has produced another equally handsome coffee-table book: Yukon: A Wilder Place... Mueller is a biologist, and his photographs are informed by his knowledge – and awe – of nature. There are majestic panoramas of mountains and rivers, delicate close-ups of butterflies and flowers, and dramatic scenes of caribou herds in migration, as well as grizzly bears in pursuit of prey.” – Louise Abbott, Montreal Gazette

“The wife-and-husband team long established as a top-drawer writing and photography duo... have deepened their understanding of the territory’s wild spaces over the years by working on projects that bring them to extreme locations. The result is a book that is luscious, breathtaking and informative. Mueller’s images are seductive, and Earle’s clear, poetic writing creates links between awe and understanding.” – Meg Walker, What’s Up Yukon

Details

Quantity:	70 item(s) available
Weight:	1.31 kg
Price:	CDN$ 29.95 (US$ 29.14)

ISBN-10:	0981065694
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780981065694
Author:	Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle
Publisher:	Greystone Books
Publication Date:	10/2011
Pages:	160pp
Size/Dimensions:	10 inches x 12 inches
Binding:	Softcover