Preface - 9, Acknowledgements - 11, Map - 12, Getting There - 17, Ambler Trading - 21, Black River Autumn - 33, Two Worlds, One Spirit - 41, My Last Grizzly - 53, Arctic Heroes - 65, The River of Their Passing - 83, Beat the Qaaviks - 91, Running with the Wolves - 101, A Place Beyond - 109, What They Leave Behind - 115, Sheefish Time - 125, The Old Man's Winter - 131, A Trip to the Store - 141, Housekeeping in the Northwest Arctic - 147, The Circle of the Kill - 161, A Good Thing - 165, Fire at Us! - 173, Traveling Like Clarence - 177, Sharing the Weight - 189, An Amulet of the Spirit - 197, A Place Called Red Dog - 201, The Last Light Breaking - 209, Epigraph Sources - 215, Suggested Reading - 218

From his home in remote Eskimo Village, Nick Jans leads us into a vast, magical world: Alaska's Brooks Range. Drawn from fourteen years of arctic experience, The Last Light Breaking offers a rare perspective on America's last great wilderness and its people-the Inupiat Natives, an ancient culture on the cusp of change.