Download or read book Frigid Embrace written by Stephen W. Haycox and published by Culture and Environment in the. This book was released on 2002 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haycox (history, U. of Alaska, Anchorage) presents historical commentary on human culture in Alaska and how it has affected the natural environment there. He contends that most non-Native Alaskans (now 85% of the population) went there for the money, not because they loved the wilderness. The focus is on tensions between Native and non- Native people and between settlers and environmental protection.