Frostlines An Epic Exploration of the Transforming Arctic

"Magnificent and moving [...] This stunning book – part travelogue, part history, part popular science – will give you a new appreciation for a place, and its people, and how they together are confronting the upheaval of the modern world"
– Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh palaeontologist and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

"Profound and moving. In prose that shines with insight and astute observation, the intersecting stories of people, animals, and the land come to vivid life in these pages. Shea's brilliant writing offers clear-eyed and respectful meditations on the meanings of community and belonging in times of upheaval, in the past, present, and future"
– David George Haskell, two-time Pulitzer-finalist author of Sounds Wild and Broken

"From wolves and whales to weaponized borders, Neil Shea cinches a singular storyline across the Arctic cap of our rapidly changing planet, bearing witness to loss and conflict while holding tight to wonder and awe"
– Meera Subramanian, author of A River Runs Again

"With evocative and time-bending writing, Neil Shea honors the historic agency of animals and peoples too often idealized and 'managed.'"
– Trish O'Kane, author of Birding to Change the World

"Frostlines transports readers to far-flung regions of the Arctic, where they encounter majestic wolves and elusive caribou. Neil Shea's captivating prose reveals the Arctic's extraordinary diversity and illuminates the ecological, social, and cultural consequences of a changing climate"
– Amanda Bellows, author of The Explorers

"Lush and heartbreaking [...] lays the Arctic bare to reveal a place of life, beauty, and ancient interdependencies. Neil Shea is both a careful observer and a gifted writer, weaving a narrative steeped in loss, wonder, and warning"
– Jonathan C. Slaght, author of Tigers Between Empires and Owls of the Eastern Ice