Through the Eye of the Glacier

By Michael Pollen and Michael R. Pollen

Ten thousand B.C. In the receding ice age of the vast Tanana River Valley of interior Alaska, mammoth hunters encounter a mysterious and beautiful treasure. Rediscovered deep within a glacier during the heyday of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction, two Athabaskan students from the University of Alaska share an adventure of scientific and cultural discovery in the midst of stunning, ethereal beauty of Alaska. This is a story of music, brilliant auroras, and luminescent moonlight on crisp Alaska snowfields. It is a tale of hope and shared dreams that will be told around the campfires of a thousand worlds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888125586
• ISBN13: 9781888125580
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Publication Consultants
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Alaskan writer taps richness of his beloved state

As a resident of Barrow, the farthest north city in Barrow, I've learned to appreciate the history and culture of places like the Arctic North Slope and the Interior. What we see and explore today is but the tip of the iceberg, as it were. The Native people, including the Inupiat Eskimos and Nunamiut of the North Slope have a rich history and have survived often harsh conditions with traditional knowledge and an appreciation of the natural world, including wildlife. The late James Michener began his monumental work "Alaska" about a billion years ago, before the continents had separated, and where there was a small protuberance which would one day become Alaska. Also thousands of years back to the first people to migrate here. Mike Pollen, who was raised in Sitka, focuses on this kind of caring approach to the state we all love, and the people who have come and gone in the distant past. He then moves along, incorporating some science fiction in this fascinating story. Let's give him credit for doing his homework and reaching out --- blending in history with what might have been. Way to go Mike. We'll look forward to your next effort!