Arctic Circle

This is the story of a man who had always been fascinated by the Arctic and its hardy inhabitants. I )espite a passion for mountaineering, Robert Leonard Reid had never set foot north of the 55th parallel. Regarding the Arctic, he was the classic armchair traveler. He had read about the region, written about it, and talked about it; in his youth he had even vowed to visit it after meeting an activist named Fred Meader who was working to block development in Alaska's Brooks Range, long before the current proposals to develop the oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. "Time is short," Meader warned Reid, "Come and see the Great Land. Then write about what you find." --