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 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 predecessors, experienced the landscape and the weather, and gained an intimate perspective on notable historical events, all chronicled here by Sturm. Written with humor and pathos, __Finding the Arctic__ is a classic tale of adventure travel. And throughout the book,Sturm, with his thirty-eight years of experience in the North, emerges as an excellent guide for any who wish to understand...

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 predecessors, experienced the landscape and the weather, and gained an intimate perspective on notable historical events, all chronicled here by Sturm. Written with humor and pathos, Finding the Arctic is a classic tale of adventure travel. And throughout the book,Sturm, with his thirty-eight years of experience in the North, emerges as an excellent guide for any who wish to understand the Arctic of today and yesterday.   

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 predecessors, experienced the landscape and the weather, and gained an intimate perspective on notable historical events, all chronicled here by Sturm. Written with humor and pathos, Finding the Arctic is a classic tale of adventure travel. And throughout the book,Sturm, with his thirty-eight years of experience in the North, emerges as an excellent guide for any who wish to understand the Arctic of today and yesterday. 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, 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 predecessors, experienced the landscape and the weather, and gained an intimate perspective on notable historical events, all chronicled here by Sturm. Written with humor and pathos, Finding the Arctic is a classic tale of adventure travel. And throughout the book, Sturm, with his thirty-eight years of experience in the North, emerges as an excellent guide for any who wish to understand the Arctic of today and yesterday. 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). A leader in the arctic climate change research community, Sturm has led over 25 expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic. Here he collects a number of stories about arctic exploration, culture, commerce, and adventure within an account of a 2007 trip he led. Among his perspectives are ballad of the arctic science bandits, Quarantine Island, snow and ice roads, the Shield and the Cordilleran, the complex calculus of barren lands diamond mining, and strange woolly attractors. Old and new photographs, and detailed maps are provided. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)