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Northern exposures : stories and images from an eco-adventurer's calling / by Jonathan Waterman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781602231948
  • 160223194X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Northern exposures : an adventuring career in stories and images.DDC classification:
  • 796.522092 23
LOC classification:
  • GV199.92.W38 . A3 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction; 1. Arctic Solitaire; 2. Correspondence; Letter to Mom; Serious Writers Never Oversleep; 3. Sheep's Clothing; 4. Editorials; Never Cry Wolf; Winning the Climbing Lottery; Price of Adventure; 5. Rain of Avalanches: Finding Religion on Mount St. Elias; 6. Arctic Refuge Essays; Sacred Place; Musk Oxen; What We Would Lose; 7. A Walk Across Mount Logan; 8. Book Reviews; All Fourteen Eight-Thousanders; Mount McKinley: The Conquest of Denali; Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island; 9. The Perfect Shot; 10. Cavemen.
11. A Near Miss on Mount Fairweather in Winter12. The Kayak and the Cruise Ship; 13. Northern Exposures; 14. Divine Wind: Masatoshi Kuriaki; 15. Final Refuge; 16. "They Did Everything Right""
Summary: "Waterman's profound respect for the northern lands burns on every page, and his photos and essays prove to us that there is still beauty in this world-beauty worth fighting for."--Robert RedfordNorth of the sixtieth parallel, the sun shines for less than six hours in the winter, and towering mountains are the only skyscrapers. Pristine waters serve caribou, moose, and bears in an unbroken landscape. At any given moment in this spectacular scenery, there's a chance that Jonathan Waterman is present, trekking across the land. A masterful adventurer, Waterman has spent decades exploring the farth.
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Print version record.

Introduction; 1. Arctic Solitaire; 2. Correspondence; Letter to Mom; Serious Writers Never Oversleep; 3. Sheep's Clothing; 4. Editorials; Never Cry Wolf; Winning the Climbing Lottery; Price of Adventure; 5. Rain of Avalanches: Finding Religion on Mount St. Elias; 6. Arctic Refuge Essays; Sacred Place; Musk Oxen; What We Would Lose; 7. A Walk Across Mount Logan; 8. Book Reviews; All Fourteen Eight-Thousanders; Mount McKinley: The Conquest of Denali; Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island; 9. The Perfect Shot; 10. Cavemen.

11. A Near Miss on Mount Fairweather in Winter12. The Kayak and the Cruise Ship; 13. Northern Exposures; 14. Divine Wind: Masatoshi Kuriaki; 15. Final Refuge; 16. "They Did Everything Right""

"Waterman's profound respect for the northern lands burns on every page, and his photos and essays prove to us that there is still beauty in this world-beauty worth fighting for."--Robert RedfordNorth of the sixtieth parallel, the sun shines for less than six hours in the winter, and towering mountains are the only skyscrapers. Pristine waters serve caribou, moose, and bears in an unbroken landscape. At any given moment in this spectacular scenery, there's a chance that Jonathan Waterman is present, trekking across the land. A masterful adventurer, Waterman has spent decades exploring the farth.

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