Book Talk: The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett

Dr. Mark J. Schenker, Senior Associate Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale College

Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration—the mid-19^th-century romance with the Arctic—this compelling novel tells the story of a fateful expedition. Through the eyes of the ship’s scholar-naturalist, we encounter the Narwhal’s crew, its commander, and the far-north culture of the Esquimaux. Book available in The Shop.