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Author : Harvey Daniel Golden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978722128
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (221 download)
Download or read book Kayaks of Alaska written by Harvey Daniel Golden and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316414433
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Sun Is a Compass written by Caroline Van Hemert and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Author : Harvey Golden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kayaks of Greenland written by Harvey Golden and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David W. Zimmerly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book QAYAQ written by David W. Zimmerly and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He shows how vessels' design varied in response to the demands of climate and the availability of resources as well as the needs of the hunters using them; he considers associated equipment, from paddles to paddlers' clothing. The result is a succinct but authoritative introduction to the kayaks of Alaska and Siberia."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Kim Heacox
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493049410
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Only Kayak written by Kim Heacox and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Classic! In this coming-of-middle-age memoir, Kim Heacox, writing in the tradition of Abbey, McPhee, and Thoreau, discovers an Alaska reborn from beneath a massive glacier, where flowers emerge from boulders, moose swim fjords, and bears cross crevasses with Homeric resolve. In such a place Heacox finds that people are reborn too, and their lives begin anew with incredible journeys, epiphanies, and successes. All in an America free of crass commercialism and overdevelopment. Braided through the larger story are tales of gold prospectors and the cabin they built sixty years ago; John Muir and his intrepid terrier, Stickeen; and a dynamic geology professor who teaches earth science "as if every day were a geological epoch." Nearly two million people come to Alaska every summer, some on large cruise ships, some in single kayaks--all in search of the last great wilderness, the Africa of America. It is exactly the America Heacox finds in this story of paradox, love, and loss.
Author : David W. Zimmerly
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772822159
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Hooper Bay kayak construction written by David W. Zimmerly and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amply illustrated book documents the construction of a Bering Sea-style kayak made in the community of Hooper Bay, Alaska, under the direction of Dick Bunyan. Written as journal entries, the text details construction from the initial splitting of the wood to the final fitting of the cockpit lashings. (Reprinted without blueprints)
Author : Karen Jettmar
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN 13 : 0897327977
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (973 download)
Download or read book Alaska River Guide written by Karen Jettmar and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2008-06-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich tapestry of Alaska is threaded together by 365,000 miles of waterways, from cascading mountain streams to meandering valley rivers, from the meltwaters of glaciers to broad rivers that empty into the sea. This guide profiles a wide variety of rivers from all over Alaska, concentrating on trips for intermediate boaters, and including a few major expeditions for the experienced river-runner. A section on gear outlines what to take into the backcountry.
Author : John D. Heath
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1889963259
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (899 download)
Download or read book Eastern Arctic Kayaks written by John D. Heath and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastern Arctic Kayaks is the product of years of kayak study by two of the world's experts. Combining analyses of form and function with historical background and illustrations of kayaking techniques, this volume will appeal to recreational kayakers and scholarly readers alike. An excerpt from John Brand's Little Kayak Book series makes this British publication available to American readers for the first time.
Author : Peter Jenkins
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466866365
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Looking for Alaska written by Peter Jenkins and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty years ago, a disillusioned college graduate named Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to look for himself and his nation. His memoir of what he found, A Walk Across America, captured the hearts of millions of Americans. Now, Peter is a bit older, married with a family, and his journeys are different than they were. Perhaps he is looking for adventure, perhaps inspiration, perhaps new communities, perhaps unspoiled land. Certainly, he found all of this and more in Alaska, America's last wilderness. Looking for Alaska is Peter's account of eighteen months spent traveling over twenty thousand miles in tiny bush planes, on snow machines and snowshoes, in fishing boats and kayaks, on the Alaska Marine Highway and the Haul Road, searching for what defines Alaska. Hearing the amazing stories of many real Alaskans--from Barrow to Craig, Seward to Deering, and everywhere in between--Peter gets to know this place in the way that only he can. His resulting portrait is a rare and unforgettable depiction of a dangerous and beautiful land and all the people that call it home. He also took his wife and eight-year-old daughter with him, settling into a "home base" in Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, coming and going from there, and hosting the rest of their family for extended visits. The way his family lived, how they made Alaska their home and even participated in Peter's explorations, is as much a part of this story as Peter's own travels. All in all, Jenkins delivers a warm, funny, awe-inspiring, and memorable diary of discovery-both of this place that captures all of our imaginations, and of himself, all over again.
Author : Susan Conrad
Publisher : Epicenter Press
ISBN 13 : 9781603811057
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Inside written by Susan Conrad and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 2010, with her world scaled down to an 18-foot sea kayak and the 1,200-mile ribbon of water called the Inside Passage, Susan Conrad launched a journey that took her north to Alaska. On the way, she forged friendships, lived her dream, and discovered the depths of her own strength and courage.
Author : Mary Emerick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870710797
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Last Layer of the Ocean written by Mary Emerick and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are five layers of the ocean, though most of us alive will only ever see one. The deepest layer of the ocean is called by some the midnight zone. The only light comes from bioluminescence, created by animals themselves. In order to see, the creatures there must create their own light. They must move like solitary suns, encased in their own bubbles of freezing water. This layer is the most completely unexplored zone on the planet. Though it is hostile to humans, it also is fascinating beyond belief. If you had a chance to see it, wouldn't you want to go there? The year Mary is 38, the suicide of a stranger in a nearby reservoir compels her to make a change. She decides to strike out for Alaska and take a chance on love and home. She begins to learn how to travel in a small yellow kayak along the coast, contending with gales, high seas, and bears. She explores the different meanings of home: the perspectives of people who were born in this place and others who chose it, the first peoples who have been here for generations, and the ones who eventually leave. When she marries a man from another island, she is convinced that this time love will stick. She soon learns that navigating marriage is just as difficult as learning the ocean. Divided into sections detailing the main kayaking strokes, this memoir shows how each can be a metaphor for the lives we all pass through and the tools we need to stay afloat.
Author : Spike Walker
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466809337
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Working on the Edge written by Spike Walker and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1993-03-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Deadly Chase on The Bering Sea Immerse yourself in crewman Spike Walker's Working on the Edge, an adrenaline-fueled narrative that brings to life the world of Alaskan king crab fishing. Set against the merciless backdrop of the turbulent Bering Sea, the book is a visceral account of human struggle, survival, and the dogged pursuit of fortune. Working on the Edge transports you to the wretched, unforgiving conditions of the Bering Sea with its icy winds, treacherous waves, and debilitating on-deck labor. More than a mere profession, crab fishing in these chilling waters stands as a brutal testament to the battle of man against nature, where every decision carries the weight of life and death. Alongside personal stories, Walker brings to light the stories of survivors from the industry's deadly disasters, painting a vivid picture of the harsh reality of this dangerous line of work. Walker rivetingly depicts the modern-day gold rush that drew hundreds of fortune-and adventure-hunters to Alaska's dangerous waters.
Author : Leslie Ann Braun
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728350255
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)
Download or read book Clueless in Alaska written by Leslie Ann Braun and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea kayaking on lakes or in protected waterways can be somewhat of a challenge. Taking this sport to a wilderness area elevates it to a much higher level with its own unique set of circumstances. Kayaking in Alaska when totally "clueless" tests your physical prowess, your courage, your ingenuity, and your spirit. This is a true story of fun, challenges, strength, endurance and creativeness.
Author : Wolfgang Brinck
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Aleutian Kayak written by Wolfgang Brinck and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the complete plans and detailed building instructions for an authentic Aleutian Kayak - the ancient voyaging and hunting craft of the nomadic Unangan of Alaska. Plans based on originals in museums in Oregon and California are included. Kayaks can be built to fit owner's exact dimensions using simple hand tools and readily-obtainable materials.
Author : David W. Zimmerly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Qajaq written by David W. Zimmerly and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Byron Ricks
Publisher : Harper Perennial
ISBN 13 : 9780380809189
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Homelands: written by Byron Ricks and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes one couple's five-month journey by kayak from Alaska's Glacier Bay to the Puget Sound, chronicling the remarkable beauty and wonders of a fragile wilderness and their encounters with the wildlife and human inhabitants of an endangered world. Original.
Author : Christopher Cunningham
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071392372
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Building the Greenland Kayak written by Christopher Cunningham and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2002-12-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... [This book] leads you step-by-step through the process of creating your own lashed-frame, fabric-covered, custom-fitted Greenland kayak, using inexpensive, easy-to-find materials and common woodworking tools. ..."--Back cover.
