Author : Samuel Hall Young
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 27,37 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Travel
ISBN :
This is a collection of actual adventures in Alaska and provides a true idea of some phases of human and animal life there. The book contains chapters about the author's experience in the second of the three great gold stampedes of the Northwest, the life and conditions of the first Northwestern gold rush, the minister's aims and field of duty, and the author's ardent hunting experiences.
Author : Nina Bower
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 13,47 MB
Release : 2017-04-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781542786393
Winter and Alaska's Adventures, is the first in a series of stories about friendship, courage, and determination. A Wolf Story features two young girl wolves, Winter from the Eastern wolf pack and Alaska from the Western wolf pack. The two venture from their packs, alone for the first time. While hunting they cross-trails hungry and lost. Working together, and with the counsel of the Wise Old Wolf, Winter and Alaska become true friends with big dreams; together, overcoming adversity with confidence and courage. Young adventurers and animal lovers will enjoy this story, which has been written from the imagination and heart of a ten year old author.
Author : Melissa DeVaughn
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 15,34 MB
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0897329074
The author has worked to answer all your questions about travel and recreation in a state so remote. This guide attempts to target your interests and save you time, money, and effort so that nothing is wasted during your trip. Because Alaska is so big and your options so varied, the guide is organized so you can zero in on the activity or activities that appeal to you most. Thirteen chapters focus solely on adventure travel, each devoted to a single activity. The five regional chapters that follow focus primarily on the basics in a given area of the state: getting around, shopping, lodging, dining, and entertainment. Once you've chosen the adventure of your dreams, you can go to the appropriate regional chapter to get the scoop on the best places in the vicinity to stay, eat, buy gear, rent a car, and learn about local culture and history. Outdoor travelers also are likely independent travelers. A multitude of companies offer exciting-sounding jaunts to scenic places all over the state, but many of these outfits work only with tour providers, such as cruise-ship operators, to obtain large numbers of clients per trip--thus excluding people who wish to travel on their own. In this guide, all our listings are available to independent travelers as well as those in tour groups. The objective is not to provide the most information about destinations or attractions, but, rather, the most useful information. The guide is opinionated, and for good reason. Any destination or outfitter listed here has made the cut by proving itself a wonderful place to visit or a reliable company with which to do business. If, for example, you want to learn more about sea kayaking in Alaska, you will not be supplied with every operation in the business--and believe us, there are many of them competing for your dollars. What you will get is a select assortment of those we consider best, and why. After all, isn't the point of a guidebook to help you make the most informed choices?
Author : Melissa DeVaughn
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 2006-03-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780764579707
Travel to Alaska is soaring; Alaska's 15 national parks set a record for visits in 2004, with just under 2.3 million Tourism in Alaska overall was up an estimated 11 percent in 2004 Alaskan cruises are increasingly popular; in 2004, there were 876,000 passengers from May to September Unlike traditional guides, this book focuses on outdoor adventures for the general traveler who wants to explore and perhaps even venture off the beaten path The book is organized not by destination but by interests (driving tours, wildlife viewing, hiking, camping, etc.)
Author : Luc Mehl
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1680516035
"A staple for paddlers.... [The Packraft Handbook has] now become the bible for outdoor recreators taking their inflatable rafts into the backcountry." ― Anchorage Daily News 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Guidebook Winner Alaska-based author is a leading expert on wilderness travel Emphasis on skill progression and safety applies to wide range of outdoor water recreation Vibrant illustrations and photos inform and inspire The Packraft Handbook is a comprehensive guide to packrafting, with a strong emphasis on skill progression and safety. Readers will learn to maneuver through river features and open water, mitigate risk with trip planning and boat control, and how to react when things go wrong. Beginners will find everything they need to know to get started--from packraft care to proper paddling position as well as what to wear and how to communicate. Illustrated for visual learners and featuring stunning photography, The Packraft Handbook has something to offer all packrafters and other whitewater sports enthusiasts.
Author : Rosi Jarussi
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1594338264
An Alaskan Affliction is packed with pure entertainment, featuring highlights from decades of Alaska hard core adventures. It opens with unforgettable dog mushing to embrace the best of the Interior's extreme winters, and snowmachining that doubles the thrills and mishaps of travel over river ice, through blizzards, and sudden whiteouts. Summer offers the finest river journeys. There are sudden storms, log jams, whirlpools, and wildlife encounters in the immense panorama of wilderness and water—with a vivid portrait of the dynamics of being a team member in the bush. The remote prospecting stories are thrilling and risky, and demand a lifetime of bush skills. They end with a resounding bear story that catalyzes the true essence of living and exploring as an Alaskan. All are top notch adventures with good dogs and old machines, undersized kayaks and cantankerous boats, with a touch of lunacy and a can-do attitude, both essential dispositions for exploring Alaska's wilds.
Author : Samuel Hall Young
Publisher : New York ; Chicago : Fleming H. Revell Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Alaska
ISBN :
Author : Emory Lindgren
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2010-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 145020984X
A newlywed couple arriving in Northern Alaska in 1942 might have perished in a blinding blizzard during their first dog team trip but for the sixth sense of their Eskimo musher. Other harrowing experiences included landing in a small plane that had lost one wheel in flight, a close encounter with death in a savage storm on the Bering Sea, and being caught aloft in a bush plane during a perilous white out snowstorm. But mostly, Adventure in Alaska is about a decade of hands-on service among the Eskimos in three villages in the land of long summer days and long winter nights - memories of heartache, joy, pathos, humor, friendships, and great rewards.
Author : Claudia McGehee
Publisher : Little Bigfoot
Page : pages
File Size : 16,17 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Artists
ISBN : 9781537904955
Based on the records of Rockwell Kent III and his artist father, recounts adventures experienced by the pair during an early-twentieth-century winter spent on Alaska's Fox Island.
Author : John Wolfe, Jr.
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1680515438
Features hiking, skiing, paddling, biking, and more New and substantially revised trips with all new full-color photos and maps throughout Emphasis on traverses and loop trips for both summer and winter, always with simpler and shorter options Originally published in 1972, the classic guide known as 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska has been fully updated and reinvented as Alaska Adventure 55 Ways. This robust reboot covers a diverse range of activities for year-round fun, from quick day trips to adventures that could extend to a week or longer, including canoe trails, wilderness cabins, easy summits, forest walks, cross-country ski routes, summer mountain biking and winter fat bike trails, wild skating, and more. John Wolfe Jr. and Rebecca Wolfe, a father-daughter team, describe activities spanning the broad swath of Southcentral Alaska, 300 miles north to south and 350 miles east to west. The guide features activities on the lakes and peaks of the Kenai Peninsula, the Anchorage front range, the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys, and the Copper River basin, taking in Chugach and Denali State Parks, Chugach National Forest, Kenai Fjords and Wrangell St. Elias National Parks, several wildlife refuges, and portions of the Iditarod National Historic Trail. With an emphasis on adventures regular people can enjoy and destinations that don’t require highly technical skills, expensive flights to remote locations, or demanding levels of athletic fitness, this guide appeals to all ages, with family-friendly shorter options and trip extensions adding up to more than a hundred "ways" to adventure.
