Lawrence Millman has written 14 books, including such titles as Our Like Will Not Be There Again, Last Places, Northern Latitudes, and An Evening Among Head-hunters. He has made over 30 trips to the Arctic and Subarctic, but he's never been to Paris (Paris, Maine: once). He lived in East Greenland for parts of 1984 and 1985 while collecting the material for this book. An explorer as well as an ethnographer, he chooses his destinations based on the internet; if a place doesn't have internet access or a website, he immediately packs up his gear and heads there. Tessa Updike is an archivist with a passion for art. She is skilled in photography, drawing, painting and design. Her images have appeared in numerous marketing schemes, including websites, postcards, bookmarks and brochures. She holds a B.A. in Visual Arts from Northeastern University and her Masters in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. Formerly a resident of Maine, she now resides in Berkeley, CA.