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Author:
Vallely, Kevin, author.
Title:
Rowing the Northwest Passage: adventure, fear, and awe in a rising sea / Kevin Vallely.
Publisher:
Greystone Books,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Vallely, Kevin.
Vallely, Kevin--Travel--Northwest Passage.
Rowing--Northwest Passage.
Adventure and adventurers.
Northwest Passage--Description and travel.
Travel writing.
True adventure stories.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226).
Contents:
A last first -- It begins -- Stormy weather on the Beaufort Sea -- Tuktoyaktuk -- Dragging on the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula -- Dear disaster on Franklin Bay -- Message in a bottle -- Paulatuk -- The beaches of the dolphin and Union Strait -- Escape to Victoria Island -- Ilira.
Summary:
"In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1771641347
9781771641340
OCLC:
(OCoLC)973383725
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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