“If you are a city dweller you may not like it or appreciate it. If you understand a subsistence lifestyle then you will understand the arctic. I personally think it is beautiful, unique and spiritual. But I understand the arctic and I know her intimately. All villages in the arctic look desolate, that is the nature of the beast. My village has only lived in “western homes” for a bout thirty years. Before that we lived in sod homes (literally a neolithic edifice). If you want to experience a true wilderness feeling then stop anywhere along the Haul road and hike in five or ten miles.”
— Nanug (hope he doesn’t mind)