Kinds of winter : four solo journeys by dogteam in Canada's Northwest Territories /

"After a fifteen-year career as a sled dog racer, musher Dave Olesen turned his focus away from competition and set out to fulfill a lifelong dream. Over the course of four successive winters he steered his dogs and sled on long trips away from his remote Northwest Territories homestead, settin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olesen, Dave, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2014]
Colección:Life writing series.
Temas:
Olesen, Dave, > 1957- > Travel > Northwest Territories.
Olesen, Dave, > 1957-
Dogsledding > Northwest Territories.
Snow camping > Northwest Territories.
Winter > Northwest Territories.
Traîneau à chiens (Sport) > Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Camping de neige > Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Hiver > Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
TRAVEL > Canada > Territories & Nunavut (NT, NU, YT)
Dogsledding
Snow camping
Travel
Winter
Northwest Territories > Description and travel.
Territoires du Nord-Ouest > Descriptions et voyages.
Northwest Territories
travelog (performed works genre)
Travel writing
Travel writing.
Récits de voyages.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Compass Points, Over the Boulders, Eager
  • South
  • East
  • North
  • West
  • Afterword
  • Appreciations and Acknowledgements
  • Appendix A: Food, Gear, and Some Notes on Winter Camping
  • Appendix B: The Dogs and Their Care
  • Appendix C: Some Tricks for Dead-Reckoning Navigation.

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