Odyssey Among the Inuit: One Man's Journey through the North - Hardcover

Waterman, Jonathan

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9780333752692: Odyssey Among the Inuit: One Man's Journey through the North

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ISBN 10: 0333752694 ISBN 13: 9780333752692

Publisher: Macmillan, 2001

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In 1999 Jonathan Waterman undertook an ambitious expedition along the 2,200 miles of the Northwest Passage in Canada and Alaska, a journey that few have ever made. His story is a voyage of discovery by kayak and ski, as he struggles against freezing conditions, wolves, bears, his solitude and the tricks these all played on his mind amidst the harsh beauty of these northern landscapes.Waterman's Odyssey is more than an adventure story. It is also a journey to comprehend the remote and beguiling culture of the Inuit. Through his intimate experiences of months spent with the Inuit, Waterman addresses how a little understood culture is trying to retain its natural heritage while simultaneously joining the modern world.Against a landscape of sensational beauty, Waterman skilfully combines the telling of his extraordinary adventure with an exploration of a misunderstood people.

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Jonathan Waterman is one of America's foremost adventure writers. His previous books include A Most Hostile Moutain: Re-creating the Duke of Abruzzi's Historic Expedition on Alaska's Mount St Elias, Kayaking the Vermilion Sea about paddling the length of the Sea of Cortes, The Quotable Climber and In the Shadow of Denali. His photographs have appeared in numerous publications throughout the world. Odyssey Among the Inuit marks his British debut.

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