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Rowing the Northwest Passage
Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea
Seiten
2017
Greystone Books,Canada (Verlag)
978-1-77164-134-0 (ISBN)
Greystone Books,Canada (Verlag)
978-1-77164-134-0 (ISBN)
Four men in a rowboat make an historic attempt on the Northwest Passage to focus global attention on an environmental catastrophe.
"Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance."
—Evan Solomon
In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change.
Along the way, the team repeatedly face life-threatening danger from storms unparalleled in their ferocity and unpredictability and bears witness to unprecedented changes in the Arctic habitat and inhabitants, while weathering gale-force vitriol from climate change deniers who have taken to social media to attack them and undermine their efforts.
"Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance."
—Evan Solomon
In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change.
Along the way, the team repeatedly face life-threatening danger from storms unparalleled in their ferocity and unpredictability and bears witness to unprecedented changes in the Arctic habitat and inhabitants, while weathering gale-force vitriol from climate change deniers who have taken to social media to attack them and undermine their efforts.
Kevin Vallely is an architect, adventurer and happily married father of two. He is a member of the Explorer’s Club and was an Explorer’s Club Flag recipient. In 2009 he and two teammates broke the world record for the fastest unsupported trek from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the Geographic South Pole.
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | Color photos throughout |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 139 x 215 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport | |
Reisen ► Reiseführer | |
Reisen ► Sport- / Aktivreisen | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
ISBN-10 | 1-77164-134-7 / 1771641347 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-77164-134-0 / 9781771641340 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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