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Author: Michael Engelhard

Michael Engelhard is the author of American Wild: Explorations from the Grand Canyon to the Arctic Ocean and of Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon. He frequently writes about history, adventures, culture, and cartography. Having worked as a wilderness guide in Alaska he now lives in Arizona.  
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03/14/2019

The Art of Traveling Slowly

Rifling through Explorers’ Sketchbooks

by Michael Engelhard

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05/07/2018

Moving Pictures from the Permafrost

Dawson City’s disinterred silent film archive

by Michael Engelhard

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12/01/2016

Here’s to the Horses

A story of animals and adolescence

by Michael Engelhard

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