Ocean State Libraries

"In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the most cold and hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change. Because of this, Larsens and Waters tripdubbed the?Last North Expedition?is...

Sneed Collard and his thirteen-year-old son Braden set out to establish their own personal Big Year bird species count record. From the killer bee-infested border region of southeast Arizona to the sultry islands of the Galapagos, Sneed shares the excitement, challenges, perils, and insights that come with crisscrossing the United States and beyond in search of some of Earth's most remarkable creatures. It's a father-and-son tale, in which the adventure...

"A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 5,000 miles to Hollywood In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Brian's multimillion-copy-selling historical novel series--the Aubrey-Maturin series, which was set during the Napoleonic Wars--seemed destined for film. With Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin, the production only needed a ship that could stand in for Lucky Jack's HMS...

"A visually stunning, ultimately practical guide to visiting all 59 United States National Parks, with maps and best-of recommendations, including where and how to take the best photographs. Renee & Matthew Hahnel, the duo behind the popular blog and Instagram account Renee Roaming (321k followers) take a seven month road trip - overland in a camper van - to all 59 US National Parks. The book breathes wanderlust, but it is also bursting with interesting...

Amy Butcher was an accomplished college professor, mentor, and writer, but in her own home, she was embarrassed and emotionally burdened by an increasingly abusive relationship. Exhausted and terrified, Amy reached out to Instagram celebrity Joy "Mothertrucker" Wiebe - the nation's only female ice road trucker. Invited by Joy to ride shotgun, Amy found her escape on a road that was treacherous, beautiful, and exhilarating - an adventurous ride through...

The late writer and naturalist "Ellen Meloy wrote and recorded a series of audio essays for KUER (NPR Utah) in the 1990s. Every few months, she would travel to their Salt Lake City studios from her red rock home of Bluff to read an essay or two. With understated humor and sharp insight, Meloy would illuminate facets of human connection to nature and challenge listeners to examine the world anew. [This book] is a compilation of these essays, transcribed...

"Levison Wood's most challenging expedition yet begins along the Silk Road route of Afghanistan and travels 1700 miles through five countries over the course of six months. Following in the footsteps of the great explorers, Wood walks the entire length of the Himalayas in an adventure of survival and endurance. In a personal story of perseverance and discovery, Wood forges bonds with local guides, porters, mountain men, soldiers, farmers, smugglers...

"When Sara Schaefer is in first grade, her father warns her to always tell the truth because one lie leads to another and soon you will find yourself in a hole you can't escape. A few years later, the Schaefer family is completely upended when it's revealed that their grand life is based on a lie. Her parents become pariahs in their upper middle class community and go from non-religious people to devout church members. The idea of good and evil as...

"A unique and moving real-life story of the extraordinary bond between a young teacher and a penguin, this book will delight readers who loved Marley & Me, Dewey the Library Cat, The Good Good Pig, and any book by Jon Katz. In 1975, twenty-three-year-old Englishman Tom Michell follows his wanderlust to Argentina, where he becomes assistant master at a prestigious boarding school. But Michell's adventures really begin when, on a weekend in Uraguay,...

"Dos hombres. Un pas̕. Y un montón de whisky. Como buenas estrellas de la serie Outlander, Sam y Graham destilan Escocia por los cuatro costados en este épico viaje por carretera por su tierra natal, donde descubren que la realidad supera con creces la ficción. Tierra de clanes es la historia de un apasionante viaje. Armados con su fiel autocaravana y una sólida amistad, estos dos escoceses se embarcan en la aventura de su vida para explorar...