"After writing several popular science books, I wanted to try something more personal, first and foremost to express my fascination for the wolverine: this almost mythological animal, a symbol of remaining, but vanishing wilderness. What do we really know about the mind and emotions of the wolverine-and other animals for that matter? Second, it was an opportunity to express the difference between going out in nature, and going into nature, and being in the mountains while writing the draft."
"Finally, the book is also a personal story about time, what has happened (also with nature) over the 50 years that have passed since I first encountered wolverine tracks with my father in the remote mountains. Also, a narrative in the book is revisiting the same areas, searching for wolverine tracks and perhaps also getting a glimpse of this shy animal itself-as I once did."
Personal mountain journeys trace encounters with wolverine tracks and a close encounter near a wild reindeer pack. Fascination centers on the wolverine as a mythological symbol of remaining but vanishing wilderness. Questions are raised about animal minds and emotions and about the difference between going out in nature and going into nature. Reflections span fifty years of revisiting the same mountain areas, searching for tracks and occasional glimpses of the shy animal. A professional background in evolution, ecology, climate change, and nature loss frames philosophical reflections on time and environmental change.
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