Pam Flowers, Ann Dixon

Alone Across the Arctic (eBook, ePUB)

One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC chronicles this astounding expedition. For an entire year, Pam Flowers and her dogs made this epic journey across North America arctic coast. The first woman to make this trip solo, Pam endures and deals with intense blizzards, melting pack ice, and a polar bear. Yet in the midst of such danger, Pam also relishes the time alone with her beloved team. Their survival--her survival--hinges on that mutual trust and love.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: West Margin Press
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781941821640
• Artikelnr.: 49549519

Autorenporträt

Pam Flowers is the fourteenth recipient of the Gold Medal from the Society of Woman Geographers, following in the footsteps of Amelia Earhart, Margaret Mead, and Jane Goodall. Named an Outsider of the Year by OUTSIDE MAGAZINE, she has participated in nine Arctic expeditions and completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Pam is the author of ORDINARY DOGS, EXTRAORDINARY FRIENDSHIPS; ELLIE'S LONG WALK; HUG A HUSKY; DOUGGIE and, along with Ann Dixon, is the coauthor of ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC: ONE WOMAN'S EPIC JOURNEY BY DOG TEAM and BIG-ENOUGH ANNA. Pam has spoken to more than 700,000 students at over 1,200 schools and has spoken at the Smithsonian, the St. Louis Science Center, and hundreds of public libraries.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements  Page 3
Map                              Page 6-7
Ch 1 Beginnings       Page 9
Ch 2 Training             Page 21
Ch 3 The Expedition: Across Alaska  Page 40
Ch 4 The Expedition: Across Canada  Page 58
Expedition Supply List    Page 116
Glossary                           Page 117
Index                                 Page 119