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Author:
Griffith, Cary.
Title:
Lost in the wild : danger and survival in the North woods / Cary J. Griffith.
Publisher:
Borealis Booksan imprint of the Minnesota Historical Society Press,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
302 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Wilderness survival--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Search and rescue operations--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)--Description and travel.
Contents:
Preparation -- Hidden portage -- The start of the trail -- Lost -- Bushwhacking -- First camp -- The scream -- Deeper into woods -- Bugs and backwaters -- Rasmussen hikes South -- First word -- A plan to recover the trail -- Assistance -- Survival, search, and rescue -- Linda Rasmussen worries -- The science of search and rescue -- Lake county search and rescue -- The OPP emergency rescue team -- No tracks, no signs, nothing -- Bushwhacking the Quetico Woods -- Found -- Searchers find a clue -- Stephens finds his way -- The tent -- Finding Jason Rasmussen.
Summary:
"True survival odysseys of two wilderness adventurers who entered the woods in search of tranquility-- but found something else entirely"--Cover p. [4].
ISBN:
9780873515610
9780873515610 (cloth : alk. paper)
0873515617 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)64388007
LCCN:
2005029863
Locations:
DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)
NNPA983 -- Fertile Public Library (Fertile)
JZPB162 -- Lowden Public Library (Lowden)
CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)

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