2010 William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books

The Polar Libraries Colloquy is pleased to announce the winner of the William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books. Top prize went to Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest Among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering Strait Fur Trade by John R. Bockstoce. The honors were announced at an awards ceremony on Monday June 14, 2010 in Bremerhaven, Germany at the biannual conference. More information about the prize, including the complete list of 2010 nominations, can be found on the PLC website.

Furs and Frontiers in the Far North is a comprehensive history of the native and maritime fur trade in Alaska during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. John Bockstoce is a well-known and respected Arctic historian and
archaeologist who has authored many books on Polar topics, such as the award-winning Whales, Ice and Men: The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic.

The Selection Committee would like to thank everyone who made a nomination this year. We had a stunning 12 nominations!

For more information, please contact Deborah Hicks, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.