Death on the Barrens - George James Grinnell

Death on the Barrens

A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic
Buch | Softcover
364 Seiten
2017 | Large type / large print edition
ReadHowYouWant (Verlag)
978-1-5252-4238-0 (ISBN)
56,40 inkl. MwSt
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Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation...
Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell was one of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led by experienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned and executed, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring the approaching winter, the men became entranced with the peace and beauty of the arctic in autumn. As winter closed in, they suddenly faced numbing cold and dwindling food. When the crew is swept over a waterfall, Moffatt is killed and most of the gear and emergency food supplies destroyed. Confronting freezing conditions and near starvation, the remaining crew struggled to make it back to civilization. For Grinnell, the three-month expedition was both a rite of passage and a spiritual odyssey. In the Barrens, he lost his sense of identity and what he had been conditioned to think about society and himself. Forever changed by the experience, he unsparingly describes how the expedition influenced his adult life and what powerful insights he was able to glean from this life-altering experience.
Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Richmond, BC
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Reisen Reiseführer
ISBN-10 1-5252-4238-5 / 1525242385
ISBN-13 978-1-5252-4238-0 / 9781525242380
Zustand Neuware
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