Paddling Alaska - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paddling Alaska write by Dan Maclean. This book was released on 2023-05-01. Paddling Alaska available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Alaska has few roads and even fewer trails—only a few hundred miles of maintained footpaths exist outside the cities—so paddling the state's thousands of miles of rivers and lakes is the best way to get off the beaten track. Paddling Alaska describes the best and most accessible routes—forty classics in all, from downtown Anchorage to the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys and the Kenai Peninsula, and from the southern interior north to the Yukon. Carefully chosen to accommodate most beginning-to-intermediate paddlers, each route is within easy driving distance of population centers, providing quick access to wilderness for city residents and visitors alike. Look inside to find: • Detailed river descriptions • Maps showing access points and river miles • Level of difficulty, optimal flows, rapids and other hazards • Gear and packing recommendations specific to Alaska conditions
The Sun Is a Compass
The Sun Is a Compass - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sun Is a Compass write by Caroline Van Hemert. This book was released on 2019-03-19. The Sun Is a Compass available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Alaska River Guide
Alaska River Guide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alaska River Guide write by Karen Jettmar. This book was released on 2008-06-28. Alaska River Guide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Paddling Alaska
Paddling Alaska - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paddling Alaska write by Dan Maclean. This book was released on 2009-05-19. Paddling Alaska available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Paddling Alaska, you can drive to all the lakes and rivers described in this guide. This fact might sound unremarkable, but Alaska is mostly wilderness, with few highways. This is the first guidebook to organize journeys in this manner.
Paddling North
Paddling North - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paddling North write by Audrey Sutherland. This book was released on 2013-10-06. Paddling North available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. With illustrations and the author’s recipes.
