A Thousand Trails Home is a memoir of Alaskan author Seth Kantner of Kotzebue, Ak.
A stunningly lyrical firsthand account of hunting, observing, and living alongside caribou, A Thousand Trails Home explores the deeply intertwined lives of the Inupiat of Northwest Alaska, the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, and the larger Arctic region as sweeping changes alter its landscape and culture.
Award-winning author Seth Kantner has inhabited this story his entire life. Born and raised in this region, he collects his experiences, as well as those of people in his community, to reveal a modern portrait of the Arctic: a startling place where caribou offer both physical and spiritual sustenance, as they have for thousands of years.