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Title Statement | Beyond the trees: alone across Canada's arctic / Adam Shoalts. |
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Author | Shoalts, Adam |
Publication | Toronto: CNIB,2021.Toronto: CELA,2021. |
Extent of Item | 1 computer optical disc (9 hr., 56 min.) |
ISBN | 9780221086656 022108665X |
Other Number | (OCoLC)1239952373 |
General Notes | Unabridged. |
Performance Credits | Narrated by Adam Shoalts. |
System Details | Digital to DAISY. DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps. |
Summary | Recounts Adam Shoalts's epic, solo crossing of Canada's mainland Arctic in a single season - the first in recorded history. It's also a multilayered story that weaves the narrative of Shoalts's journey into accounts of other adventurers, explorers, First Nations, fur traders, dreamers, eccentrics, and bush pilots to create an unforgettable tale of adventure and exploration. Interspersed with his stories of navigating mazes of shifting ice floes, facing down snarling bears and galloping musk-ox, and portaging along knife-edge cliffs above furious rapids, are the fascinating legends, historic persons, and incredible anecdotes that make up the lore of the North. They include the saga of the Mad Trapper, a man whose feats of endurance and ingenuity were almost as legendary as his violent end; the story of the controversial Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a redoubtable dreamer but also one who was blamed for the deaths of his companions; the tale of the "Lost Patrol" of Mounties who perished in a blinding blizzard; the formidable Tyrell brothers who together charted much of Canada's North; the eerie ruins of Fort Confidence that was built nearly two centuries ago on Great Bear Lake; and the decaying remnants of gold prospector David Douglas's cabin overlooking the Dease River. The North is indeed a perilous place. Also told in the book is the tragedy of John Hornby and his two companions who starved to death on the banks of the Thelon River; their bones are still resting just above the riverbank in shallow graves. Also discusses folklore about wendigoes, strange lights, and the mystery of Angikuni Lake, where in 1930 an entire Inuit camp supposedly vanished without a trace. These mysteries and wonders are Shoalts's only companions as he sets out on his own path through the adventure of a lifetime. 2019 |
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HISTORY--General--Canada | |
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