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Recounts the author's experiences in retracing the 1834 voyage of British Navy Captain George Back, canoeing in the barren solitude of the Canadian tundra
Book Synopsis Into the Great Solitude by : Robert Perkins
Download or read book Into the Great Solitude written by Robert Perkins and published by Laurel. This book was released on 1992-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the author's experiences in retracing the 1834 voyage of British Navy Captain George Back, canoeing in the barren solitude of the Canadian tundra
Book Synopsis Into the Great Solitude: An Arctic Journey by : Robert F. Perkins
Download or read book Into the Great Solitude: An Arctic Journey written by Robert F. Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
The chronicle of a family's first year alone in Alaskan wilderness, here is a poetic exploration into what we value in life. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where they built a cabin from logs, hunted for food, and let the vast beauty of the Arctic close around them. Jean had faced Alaska's wilderness alone before in a life-altering experience she shared in Arctic Daughter. Cut off from the rest of the world for more than a year, now her family would discover strength and beauty in their daily lives. They candidly filmed themselves and later produced a companion documentary, ARCTIC SON: Fulfilling the Dream, which shows on PBS stations across the nation. From an encounter with a grizzly bear at arm's length to a challenging six-hundred-mile river passage back to civilization, Arctic Son chronicles fourteen remarkable months alone in the Brooks Range. At once a portrait of courage, a lyrical odyssey, and authentic adventure, this is a family's extraordinary journey into America's last frontier.
Book Synopsis Arctic Son by : Jean Aspen
Download or read book Arctic Son written by Jean Aspen and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chronicle of a family's first year alone in Alaskan wilderness, here is a poetic exploration into what we value in life. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where they built a cabin from logs, hunted for food, and let the vast beauty of the Arctic close around them. Jean had faced Alaska's wilderness alone before in a life-altering experience she shared in Arctic Daughter. Cut off from the rest of the world for more than a year, now her family would discover strength and beauty in their daily lives. They candidly filmed themselves and later produced a companion documentary, ARCTIC SON: Fulfilling the Dream, which shows on PBS stations across the nation. From an encounter with a grizzly bear at arm's length to a challenging six-hundred-mile river passage back to civilization, Arctic Son chronicles fourteen remarkable months alone in the Brooks Range. At once a portrait of courage, a lyrical odyssey, and authentic adventure, this is a family's extraordinary journey into America's last frontier.
For Robert Perkins, whose unique and intimate travel narratives have aired often on PBS, arctic travel has become a way to test his ties to humanity. In Talking to Angels, Perkins records not only travels to the far north but also urgent journeys of a different kind. In 1968, at age nineteen, he was institutionalized for a year in a prestigious East Coast psychiatric hospital. "To give you the feeling, I'd hit you hard on the side of the head when you weren't expecting it with a flat board, or a piece of rubber tubing. That would be the short course, the shock of the thing". Talking to Angels begins here, with darkly beautiful, unflinching writing on a cruel year. For Perkins, solitary arctic travel is a way to test his ties to the rest of humanity. "I lived in a meat locker for two months, something Kafka would have appreciated, at the western edge of the District of Mackenzie, near the Thelon Game Preserve in the heart of the Canadian Northwest Territories". Perkins's writing on the arctic is filled with keen and quirkily humorous observations - on the death dance of caribou and wolf, on the quality of human fear, on ancient human presence in a vast land.
Book Synopsis Talking to Angels by : Robert F. Perkins
Download or read book Talking to Angels written by Robert F. Perkins and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Robert Perkins, whose unique and intimate travel narratives have aired often on PBS, arctic travel has become a way to test his ties to humanity. In Talking to Angels, Perkins records not only travels to the far north but also urgent journeys of a different kind. In 1968, at age nineteen, he was institutionalized for a year in a prestigious East Coast psychiatric hospital. "To give you the feeling, I'd hit you hard on the side of the head when you weren't expecting it with a flat board, or a piece of rubber tubing. That would be the short course, the shock of the thing". Talking to Angels begins here, with darkly beautiful, unflinching writing on a cruel year. For Perkins, solitary arctic travel is a way to test his ties to the rest of humanity. "I lived in a meat locker for two months, something Kafka would have appreciated, at the western edge of the District of Mackenzie, near the Thelon Game Preserve in the heart of the Canadian Northwest Territories". Perkins's writing on the arctic is filled with keen and quirkily humorous observations - on the death dance of caribou and wolf, on the quality of human fear, on ancient human presence in a vast land.
Book Synopsis Evangelium vitae by : Maurizio C. Kapsa
Download or read book Evangelium vitae written by Maurizio C. Kapsa and published by Edizioni Studio Domenicano. This book was released on 1996 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Canada is packed with intriguing destinations where heritage and landscape interact. Bob Henderson captures our living history and its relationship to the land.
Book Synopsis Every Trail Has a Story by : Bob Henderson
Download or read book Every Trail Has a Story written by Bob Henderson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005-03-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is packed with intriguing destinations where heritage and landscape interact. Bob Henderson captures our living history and its relationship to the land.
The North has always had, and still has, an irresistible attraction. This fascination is made up of a mixture of perspectives, among these, the various explorations of the Arctic itself and the Inuk cultural heritage found in the elders' and contemporary stories. This book discusses the different generations of explorers and writers and illustrates how the sounds of a landscape are inseparable from the stories of its inhabitants.
Book Synopsis Echoing Silence by : John Moss
Download or read book Echoing Silence written by John Moss and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1997-10-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North has always had, and still has, an irresistible attraction. This fascination is made up of a mixture of perspectives, among these, the various explorations of the Arctic itself and the Inuk cultural heritage found in the elders' and contemporary stories. This book discusses the different generations of explorers and writers and illustrates how the sounds of a landscape are inseparable from the stories of its inhabitants.
Tells the story of Jennifer Kingsley's 54-day paddling adventure on the Back River, in the northern wilderness, as she and her five companions battle raging winds, impenetratble sea ice, and treacherous rapids.
Book Synopsis Paddlenorth by : Jennifer Kingsley
Download or read book Paddlenorth written by Jennifer Kingsley and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Jennifer Kingsley's 54-day paddling adventure on the Back River, in the northern wilderness, as she and her five companions battle raging winds, impenetratble sea ice, and treacherous rapids.
All her life, Katherine Keith has hungered for remote, wild places that fill her soul with freedom and peace. Her travels take her across America, but it is in the vast and rugged landscape of Alaska that she finds her true home. Alaska is known as a place where people disappear—at least a couple thousand go missing each year. But the same vast and rugged landscape that contributed to so many people being lost is precisely what has gotten her found. She and her husband build a log cabin miles away from the nearest road and create a life of love. An idyllic existence, but with isolation and brutal living conditions can also come heartbreak. Chopping wood and hauling water are not just parts of a Zen proverb but a requirement for survival. Keith experiences tragic loss and must push on, with her infant daughter, alone in the Alaskan backcountry. Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new existence. Racing across the state of Alaska offers the best of all worlds by combining raw wilderness with solitude and athleticism. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the “Last Great Race on Earth,” remains a true test of character and offers the opportunity to intimately explore the frontier that she has come to love. With every thousand miles of winter trail traversed in total solitude, she confronts challenges that awaken internal demons, summoning all the inner grief and rage that lies dormant. In the tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and John Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Epic Solitude is the powerful and touching story of how one woman found her way—both despite and because of—the difficulties of living and racing in the remote wilderness.
Book Synopsis Epic Solitude by : Katherine Keith
Download or read book Epic Solitude written by Katherine Keith and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All her life, Katherine Keith has hungered for remote, wild places that fill her soul with freedom and peace. Her travels take her across America, but it is in the vast and rugged landscape of Alaska that she finds her true home. Alaska is known as a place where people disappear—at least a couple thousand go missing each year. But the same vast and rugged landscape that contributed to so many people being lost is precisely what has gotten her found. She and her husband build a log cabin miles away from the nearest road and create a life of love. An idyllic existence, but with isolation and brutal living conditions can also come heartbreak. Chopping wood and hauling water are not just parts of a Zen proverb but a requirement for survival. Keith experiences tragic loss and must push on, with her infant daughter, alone in the Alaskan backcountry. Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new existence. Racing across the state of Alaska offers the best of all worlds by combining raw wilderness with solitude and athleticism. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the “Last Great Race on Earth,” remains a true test of character and offers the opportunity to intimately explore the frontier that she has come to love. With every thousand miles of winter trail traversed in total solitude, she confronts challenges that awaken internal demons, summoning all the inner grief and rage that lies dormant. In the tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and John Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Epic Solitude is the powerful and touching story of how one woman found her way—both despite and because of—the difficulties of living and racing in the remote wilderness.
Published in 1893, this book recounts Robert Peary's 1891 Greenland expedition and the subsequent return voyage in 1892.
Book Synopsis In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition by : Robert Neff Keely
Download or read book In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition written by Robert Neff Keely and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1893, this book recounts Robert Peary's 1891 Greenland expedition and the subsequent return voyage in 1892.
