Download or read book Exploring the Inside Passage to Alaska written by Don Douglass and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing the Inside Passage to Alaska written by Robb Keystone and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to Sailing the Inside Passage to Alaska. Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm, Juneau, the Broughton Islands, Barranof Warm Springs,Sitka, Anke,and Anan Nature Preserve.
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
Download or read book Passage to Juneau written by Jonathan Raban and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. "A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." —The Washington Post Book World With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers—between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class.
Download or read book Sailing the Inside Passage to Alaska Seattle Washington to Petersburg Alaska written by Robb Keystone and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fodor s Alaska Ports of Call written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff and published by Fodor. This book was released on 2012 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying fold-out col. map attached to p. [3] of cover.
Download or read book Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage written by Anne Vipond and published by Ocean Cruise Guides. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition includes over 220 anchorages and ports of one of the most popular cruising grounds in the world for boats. Written by former Pacific Yachting columnist Anne Vipond and boating writer William Kelly, they have assembled from over 30 years of cruising knowledge the very best coves and bays to drop anchor and enjoy the scenery of this beautiful coast. Hundreds of colour photographs and maps of all the anchorages.
Download or read book The Milepost written by Kris Valencia and published by Morris Communications Company. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Referred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions, activities, food, gas, lodging and camping. Details are provided for every city and town along the way.Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre-to-gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips.Special features highlight side-trip destinations, gold rush and highway history, and places to eat and things to do.With its wealth of detail, The Milepost is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it is the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture, or glaciers and wildlife viewing, to name just a few attractions. This classic travel guide is a must for every Northland traveller.
Download or read book Winter in Fireland written by Nicholas Coghlan and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures in Patagonia when, taking time off from his job as a schoolteacher in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, he and Jenny explored the region of southern Argentina and Chile over three successive summers. This time, as they negotiate the labyrinth of channels and inlets around snow-covered Fireland, he reflects on voyages of past explorers: Magellan, Cook, Darwin, and others. Sailing enthusiasts and readers of true adventures will want to add Coghlan's world-wise narrative to their libraries.
Download or read book Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage written by Anne Vipond and published by [Delta, B.C.] : Ocean Cruise Guides. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the finest cruising grounds in the world, the Inside Passage is a boater's paradise with hundreds of pristine islands, inlets, and anchorages. Written by former "Pacific Yachting" columnist Vipond and her husband, this resource profiles more than 200 anchorages and destinations. 450 color photos.
Download or read book Journeys Through the Inside Passage written by Joe Upton and published by Alaska Northwest Books. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer and fisherman Joe Upton recounts the riveting stories of explorers of the past and seafarers of the present in JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE. His chronicle offers events vivid in their telling: the journey of widow Muriel Blanchet, who solo navigated a small vessel in the 1930s with her five children; the failed meeting of explorers Alexander Mackenzie and George Vancouver in 1793; countless sinkings; and tales from the author's own experiences plying this legendary waterway.
Download or read book Runaways on the Inside Passage written by Joe Upton and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will thrill to this breathless story of courage and determination set in the Alaska wilderness. Abandoned by their mother in Seattle, thirteen year old twins Annie and David Ross enlist the help of Lars Hansen, an elderly commercial fisherman, to find their father in Alaska. In late November, when most fishing vessels are decommissioned for the winter, the trio sets out from Puget Sound in a forty foot salmon troller for an eight hundred mile journey along the Inside Passage. Pursued by the authorities as runaways, and with Lars's health failing, the three experience one adventure after another as they inch their way North, through terrifying winter storms and frightening encounters with strangers. In the process, Annie and David also make new, lasting friendships and kindle personal reserves of strength that they didn't know existed.
Download or read book The Cruiser Friendly Onboard Guide to Alaska s Inside Passage written by Terry Breen and published by Mike The Internet Guy. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alaska Cruise Handbook written by Joe Upton and published by Coastal Pub. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated for 2012, A Rich and Unique Cruise Guide. Award winning author and mapmaker Joe Upton spent 20 years exploring the NW coast as a commercial fisherman and journalist, collecting stories, taking photos, making maps, and catching fish. In this book with over 300 color photos and included large illustrated map, he has assembled all the information you need for your Alaska cruise. Includes detailed information on excursions, wildlife, walks, ports of call, cruise planning tips, where to look for whales, and much more. But the enduring popularity of this book is because in addition to being a fully informational guide, it is filled with Joe's wonderful Alaska stories. Upton's maps are displayed on many ships.
Download or read book World Cruising Routes written by Jimmy Cornell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It advises on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, and optimum times for individual routes, plus over 6,000 waypoints.
Download or read book Blonde Indian written by Ernestine Hayes and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring, the bear returns to the forest, the glacier returns to its source, and the salmon returns to the fresh water where it was spawned. Drawing on the special relationship that the Native people of southeastern Alaska have always had with nature, Blonde Indian is a story about returning. Told in eloquent layers that blend Native stories and metaphor with social and spiritual journeys, this enchanting memoir traces the author’s life from her difficult childhood growing up in the Tlingit community, through her adulthood, during which she lived for some time in Seattle and San Francisco, and eventually to her return home. Neither fully Native American nor Euro-American, Hayes encounters a unique sense of alienation from both her Native community and the dominant culture. We witness her struggles alongside other Tlingit men and women—many of whom never left their Native community but wrestle with their own challenges, including unemployment, prejudice, alcoholism, and poverty. The author’s personal journey, the symbolic stories of contemporary Natives, and the tales and legends that have circulated among the Tlingit people for centuries are all woven together, making Blonde Indian much more than the story of one woman’s life. Filled with anecdotes, descriptions, and histories that are unique to the Tlingit community, this book is a document of cultural heritage, a tribute to the Alaskan landscape, and a moving testament to how going back—in nature and in life—allows movement forward.
Download or read book Travels in Alaska written by John Muir and published by Boston, Mifflin. This book was released on 1915 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in "Travels in Alaska," a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, "A century and a quarter later, we are reading ÝMuir's ̈ account because there in the glorious fiords . . . he is at our elbow, nudging us along, prompting us to understand that heaven is on earth--is the Earth--and rapture is the sensible response wherever a clear line of sight remains." This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes photographs from the original 1915 edition.
