| Acknowledgments | p. xiii | |
| Author's Note | p. xvii | |
| Preface | p. xix | |
| Prologue: Pond's Bay, Baffin Island | p. 1 | |
| Arktikos | p. 15 | |
| Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus | p. 42 | |
| Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus | p. 76 | |
| Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros | p. 119 | |
| Migration: The Corridors of Breath | p. 152 | |
| Ice and Light | p. 204 | |
| The Country of the Mind | p. 252 | |
| The Intent of Monks | p. 302 | |
| A Northern Passage | p. 355 | |
| Epilogue: Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea | p. 407 | |
| Notes | p. 417 | |
| Maps | p. 421 | |
| Appendices | p. 427 | |
| Bibliography | p. 445 | |
| Index | p. 449 |