Finding the Arctic :: history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay /
The history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. In Finding the Arctic, the accomplished arctic researcher Matthew Sturm collects some of the most memorable and moving of these stor...
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Zusammenfassung: | The history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. In Finding the Arctic, the accomplished arctic researcher Matthew Sturm collects some of the most memorable and moving of these stories and weaves them around his own story of a 2,500-mile snowmobile expedition across arctic Alaska and Canada. During that trip, Sturm and six companions followed a circuitous route that brought them to many of the most historic spots in the North. They stood in the footsteps of their predec. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1602231648 9781602231641 |
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spelling | Sturm, Matthew. Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / Matthew Sturm. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Includes bibliographical references and index. Tracks North -- Ballad of the arctic science bandits -- Changes north -- Rosebud realities -- The quest's older cousin; the Iditarod -- Porcupine hospitality -- Quarantine Island -- Poignant passing: the Mad Trapper of Rat River -- Who was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? -- Big Mac -- Snow and ice roads -- Finding the Douglas Cabin -- Black Lake ice -- The shield and the cordilleran -- Fort Confidence -- The Northern Cross -- Kugluktuk -- Inuksuk -- Sea ice going, going, gone -- The starvation trail -- The diamond confluence -- The oldest rocks in the world -- The complex calculus of Barrenlands Diamond Mining -- The Braided Strands: first interloper (Hearne) -- Whiteout on Aylmer Lake -- Strange wooly attractors -- The last refugee (Hornby). The history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. In Finding the Arctic, the accomplished arctic researcher Matthew Sturm collects some of the most memorable and moving of these stories and weaves them around his own story of a 2,500-mile snowmobile expedition across arctic Alaska and Canada. During that trip, Sturm and six companions followed a circuitous route that brought them to many of the most historic spots in the North. They stood in the footsteps of their predec. Snowmobiling Arctic regions. Arctic regions Description and travel. Arctic regions History. Arctic regions Social life and customs. Motoneige (Sport) Arctique. Arctique Descriptions et voyages. Arctique Histoire. Arctique Murs et coutumes. SPORTS & RECREATION Winter Sports. bisacsh Manners and customs fast Snowmobiling fast Travel fast Arctic Regions fast History fast has work: Finding the Arctic (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGPvCDmCVfk8xyFb3k3wBX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9781602231634 160223163X (DLC) 2011033430 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=463274 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Sturm, Matthew Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / Tracks North -- Ballad of the arctic science bandits -- Changes north -- Rosebud realities -- The quest's older cousin; the Iditarod -- Porcupine hospitality -- Quarantine Island -- Poignant passing: the Mad Trapper of Rat River -- Who was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? -- Big Mac -- Snow and ice roads -- Finding the Douglas Cabin -- Black Lake ice -- The shield and the cordilleran -- Fort Confidence -- The Northern Cross -- Kugluktuk -- Inuksuk -- Sea ice going, going, gone -- The starvation trail -- The diamond confluence -- The oldest rocks in the world -- The complex calculus of Barrenlands Diamond Mining -- The Braided Strands: first interloper (Hearne) -- Whiteout on Aylmer Lake -- Strange wooly attractors -- The last refugee (Hornby). Snowmobiling Arctic regions. Motoneige (Sport) Arctique. SPORTS & RECREATION Winter Sports. bisacsh Manners and customs fast Snowmobiling fast Travel fast |
title | Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / |
title_auth | Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / |
title_exact_search | Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / |
title_full | Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / Matthew Sturm. |
title_fullStr | Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / Matthew Sturm. |
title_full_unstemmed | Finding the Arctic : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / Matthew Sturm. |
title_short | Finding the Arctic : |
title_sort | finding the arctic history and culture along a 2 500 mile snowmobile journey from alaska to hudson s bay |
title_sub | history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / |
topic | Snowmobiling Arctic regions. Motoneige (Sport) Arctique. SPORTS & RECREATION Winter Sports. bisacsh Manners and customs fast Snowmobiling fast Travel fast |
topic_facet | Snowmobiling Arctic regions. Arctic regions Description and travel. Arctic regions History. Arctic regions Social life and customs. Motoneige (Sport) Arctique. Arctique Descriptions et voyages. Arctique Histoire. Arctique Murs et coutumes. SPORTS & RECREATION Winter Sports. Manners and customs Snowmobiling Travel Arctic Regions History |
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