Alaska's Brooks Range
Author: John M. Kauffmann
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780898863475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly drawn, in-depth profile of one of the world's last unspoiled wildernesses.
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Alaska Range
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Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781594859663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBattreall's imagery and personal experiences anchor Alaska Range, while a collection of essays, by beloved Alaskan writers and adventurers Art Davidson, Roman Dial, Jeff Benowitz, Verna Pratt, Bill Sherwonit, Brian Okonek, and Clint Helander--provide rich context, examining the range's geology, recounting its exploration and mountaineering histories, and delving into an intimate look at the flora and fauna..
The Southern Alaska Range
Author: Stephen Reid Capps
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlaska
Author: Colby Coombs
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 2002-05-14
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1594851433
DOWNLOAD EBOOK* Guidebook details 80 climbing routes throughout Alaska * Includes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, climbing difficulty and time information, ratings, and more Alaska mountain guides Mike Wood and Colby Coombs have teamed up to write this definitive climbing guidebook targeting the more experienced climber. This is the ultimate guidebook for every climber intending to scale the mountains of one of the nation's last best wild places. Alaska: A Climbing Guide offers climbers a range of routes in the Chugach Range, the Alaska Range, the Fairweather Range, and more. Each of the routes has been climbed, documented, checked, and double-checked by the authors to ensure accuracy and safety. Interesting personal experiences are included as are accounts of first ascents from Fred Beckey, John Krakauer, and David Roberts.
Alaska Wilderness
Author: Robert Marshall
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A book for every man and woman who loves the wilderness. One who reads this volume walks with Bob Marshall on treacherous trails, climbs with him to the top of unnamed mountains, struggles with him to escape the swift rise of dangerous rivers, faces grizzly bears unarmed, feels the joy of being alone in an empty wilderness, and sees through a poet's eyes the great glories of the Alaskan mountains."--William O. Douglas "For all who love wild places and the feeling of wilderness exploration this book will be a treasure."--Sigurd F. Olson
Alaska's Brooks Range
Author: John Kauffmann
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 1992-11-30
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1594858292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK* Explores both geologic and human history of the region * Includes a sampling of literature inspired by the Brooks Range * Examines past, present, and future conservation efforts in this extraordinary place Not just the ultimate mountains for their northernmost location on the North American continent, the Brooks Range also is one of the world's last, great, unspoiled wildernesses. A land of environmental and cultural extremes, its impressions on those who visit or reside there is as far-ranging as humankind's effect on the Range itself. Austere, mystical, and stunningly beautiful, the psychic and corpreal influence of the region is inescapable. Alaska's Brooks Range: The Ultimate Mountains looks at the many facets that make this region so provocative and so worthy of our strongest preservation efforts. It explores the geologic origins of some of the most desolate beauty on earth; the native inhabitants-both man and animal-whose age-old methods of survival have been altered by the winds from the lower 48; and the human history, from the early British military explorers to gold panners to the geographers who first mapped the Arctic wilderness. The story of Bob Marshall traces his influence as the father of the Arctic conservation movement, and Range Writings offers a sampling of literature inspired by the Brooks Range experience. Finally, this book takes a hard look at past, present, and proposed conservation efforts in the Brooks Range, because there is much more at stake than land and wildlife in this last frontier. The future of humankind is here, where the rarity of existence in pristine country is an everyday reality, where we can learn how best to fit in without destroying the scheme of life so exquisitely evolved on this planet. Alaska's Brooks Range is an affectionate portrait of an untamed territory-a land that challenges the limits of its natural inhabitants and those of human spirit and providence.
The Mount McKinley Region, Alaska
Author: Alfred Hulse Brooks
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 274
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReport of 1902 exploratory journey from Pacific seaboard through Alaska Range along northwest base of Mount McKinley to Tanana and Yukon rivers. Includes concise summary of mineral wealth of region and description of stratigraphy, structure, and geologic history of area. Also contains information about climate, vegetation and wildlife, agricultural lands, and means of communication and transportation.
The Alaska Factor
Author: Joe Stock
Publisher:
Published: 2022-11
Total Pages:
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Alaska Factor is a guidebook for backcountry skiing in the Anchorage, Alaska area. It includes the popular areas including Turnagain Pass, Hatcher Pass, Chugach Mountains, Thompson Pass and the central Alaska Range.
The Sun Is a Compass
Author: Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0316414433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Autumn in the Alaska Range
Author: Tom Sexton
Publisher: Salmon Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese are poems of the natural world, of light and dark and the changing of the seasons. We find Tu Fu chanting a poem deep in the Alaska Range, a man who becomes a bear during his morning walk, a world of light carved from a piece of ivory, and walruses in their home beneath the ocean deciding if they will offer themselves to a hunter. Not all of the poems are set in Alaska. There are poems about growing up in a decaying mill town, the suicide of the poet's mother and how the past is always with us. However, Sexton returns again and again to the conviction that the world itself is sacred -- an ancient belief we need to recover.
