Northern exposures : stories and images from an eco-adventurer's calling /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waterman, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, 2013.
Temas:
Waterman, Jonathan.
Waterman, Jonathan
Mountaineers > Arctic regions > Biography.
Conservationists > Arctic regions > Biography.
Travel writing > Arctic regions.
Travel photography > Arctic regions.
Alpinistes > Arctique > Biographies.
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > Arctique > Biographies.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Arctique.
Photographie de voyage > Arctique.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Conservationists
Mountaineers
Travel photography
Travel writing
Arctic Regions
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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""

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