{"title":"Jon Waterman","description":"JON WATERMAN is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and adventurer who has received three grants from the National Geographic Society Expeditions Council. In addition to exploring and documenting various parts of the United States, he is a former ranger for the National Park Service and a longtime wilderness guide. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Adventure, Outside,  and Backpacker and his books include National Geographic Atlas of Wile America, In the Shadow of Denali, Where Mountains Are Nameless,  and Arctic Crossing, among others.","products":[{"product_id":"national-geographic-atlas-of-the-national-parks-hardcover","title":"National Geographic Atlas of the National Parks - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis stunning book is the first large-format illustrated atlas showcasing America's spectacular national parks from coast to coast. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 200+ visuals, including maps and photos of all 61 parks, it's a perfect starting point for planning trips--or imagining them from your easy chair! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the white sand beaches of Florida's Dry Tortugas to the snowy peaks of Alaska's Denali, this captivating book combines authoritative park maps with photos and graphics that display the beauty and tell the stories of America's 61 beloved national parks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer ranger and author Jon Waterman introduces readers to the country's scenic reserves and highlights each park's unique and extraordinary features. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lush reference guide includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaps of all 61 parks, newly rendered for this book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn-depth representation of 31 featured parks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore than 100 informative, state-of-the-art graphics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFascinating storytelling about landmarks, ecosystems, wildlife, and history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an up-close look at what makes each park special--and so uniquely American, this is the perfect gift for national park enthusiasts and for all nature and wildlife lovers eager to know more about what many call \"America's best idea.\"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376904208607,"sku":"9781426220579","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Vw3Wg34URt9781426220579.webp?v=1789228915"},{"product_id":"into-the-thaw-witnessing-wonder-amid-the-arctic-climate-crisis-hardcover","title":"Into the Thaw: Witnessing Wonder Amid the Arctic Climate Crisis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Banff Mountain Literature Award, Adventure Travel Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Silver Award, IBPA Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A vividly engaging blend of adventure travel memoir, wilderness documentary, and climate crisis expose.\" -- \u003ci\u003e5280 Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author and photographer returns to the Arctic to document the effects of climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForty years ago, the park ranger Jon Waterman took his first journey into the Alaskan Arctic, to the Noatak headwaters. He was astonished by the abundant wildlife, the strange landscape, and its otherworldly light--how the \"frequent rain showers glow like lemonade poured out of the sky.\" Taken with a new sense of wonder, he began to explore the North on several trips in the 1980s. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a 30-year absence from the Noatak, he returned with his son in 2021. Amid a now-flooded river missing the once-plentiful caribou, he was shocked and heartbroken by the changes. The following year, in 2022, he took one final journey \"into the thaw\" to document--for this lushly illustrated and scholarly book--the environmental and cultural changes wrought by the climate crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA widely published author and photographer, Waterman's narrative alternates between adventure and wilderness memoir and plainly stated natural history of the area. Chased by bears, sometimes alone for weeks on end amid hordes of mosquitoes, he notes the extraordinary changes from 1983 until the present day: brush grown over the tundra in a phenomenon called Greening of the Arctic, tear-drop-shaped landslide thaw slumps--a.k.a. thermokarsts--caused by thawing permafrost, and an increasing loss of sea ice as he travels along the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. The author also spends time with the kindhearted, welcoming Inuit or Inupiat most affected by the Arctic crisis, who share how their age-old culture has attempted to cope with \"the thaw.\" Stricken by the change, Waterman paints an intimate portrait of both the villages and the little-visited landscape, because \"it's high time that we truly understand the Arctic.\" He writes, \"Lest we forget what it once was.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his quest for wonder--in prose illuminated by humility and humor--Waterman shows how the Arctic can confer grace on those who pass through. Despite the unfolding crisis, as a narrative of hope, at the book's end he suggests actions we can all take to slow the thaw and preserve what is left of this remarkable, vast frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379458244831,"sku":"9781952338236","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/b9j-R862Fg9781952338236.webp?v=1789272536"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jon-waterman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}