Paddle to the Arctic : the incredible story of a kayak quest across the roof of the world

ISBN: 0771082657 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780771082658 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780771082399
ISBN: 0771082398
Physical Description: 313 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. print
Publisher: Toronto : McClelland &amp; Stewart, 2000, c1995.

Starkell, Don 1932- (Author).

Summary: After his astounding 12,000-mile canoe trip from Winnipeg down to the Amazon (recounted in his bestseller Paddle to the Amazon on page 48), Don Starkell decided to paddle a kayak from Hudson Bay 3,000 miles through the Northwest Passage. This is Don's diary of this journey from Churchill, Manitoba, to Tuktoyaktuk, close to Alaska, a voyage by kayak (paddled on water or dragged on a sled over the ice) that took him three Arctic summers and almost cost him his life. Through this compelling book we find ourselves sharing his blazing, driving determination to reach his goal, as he closes in on his destination, with his supplies running out and his ocean highway freezing over, making death a near certainty. Armchair travel at its best.