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Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of when Dick Proenneke first broke ground and made his mark in the Alaskan wilds in 1968, this special edition of the best-selling memoir features an all-new foreword by Nick Offerman plus color photographs not seen in print for over 20 years. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man . . . to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed . . . to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log...
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
How cold does it have to be before Alaskan kids stay inside for recess? This is a photo book with text written from a child's perspective on what kids do during recess at 20 below. We see kids getting ready for recess, putting on layers of outdoor clothing, and then somebody has to go to the bathroom! Going sledding, swinging, running around outside with frosted-up eyelashes and face masks.
Author
Publisher
Brown Books Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Joe Wilkins has now accumulated more than half a century of experience in the wilds of northern Alaska since receiving training in arctic wilderness survival in 1966. During the 1970s he began hiking, backpacking and camping in the region which, in 1980, was officially designated Gates of the Arctic National Park. A complex land of breathtaking contrasts, this frontier is exceptional in no other region in North America does it get colder, darker,...
13) Salmon summer
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A photo essay describing a young native Alaskan boy fishing for salmon on Kodiak Island as his ancestors have done for generations.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Blair Braverman started posting pictures of her dog team on Twitter, she had no idea the response she would get. Being a musher, after all, isn't just about racing--raising dogs from puppyhood to retirement (and beyond) is a full-time job. She and her husband, musher Quince Mountain, wanted to share stories about life with their dog team. And not just the big stuff, like expeditions and wild animal encounters, but also the everyday things: the...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"In a rugged knot of mountains in northern British Columbia lies a spectacular valley known to the First Nations as the Sacred Headwaters. There, three of Canada's most important salmon rivers - the Stikine, the Skeena, and the Nass - are born in close proximity. Now, against the wishes of all First Nations, the British Columbia government has opened the Sacred Headwaters to industrial development. Imperial Metals proposes an open-pit copper and gold...
