Rowing the Northwest Passage: Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1771641347 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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."
Burton, Executive Director, Vancouver Maritime Museum"A compelling page-turner of an adventure story. Overall, this is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the outdoors, or just a well-written book." s Club and was an Explorer’s Club Flag recipient. Vallely's writing keeps the reader engaged with beautiful descriptions of the people, landscapes and wildlife he encounters. . From Robert Service to Stan Rogers, the Northwest Passage has been conjured as impossibly unnavigable and laden with peril. "Climate change is happening so rapidly in the Arctic that it is absolutely essential that people go there and intelligently record what they see, as Kevin Vallely so compellingly does in Rowing the Northwest Passage."— Peter Wadhams, author of A Farewell to Ice"A thri