Arctic Daughter - A Wilderness Journey

Set in the Arctic wilderness of Alaska in the 1970s, here is an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and a lyrical odyssey. This remarkable tale of survival and courage measures the value of dreams against the unforgiving realities of the natural world.

About the author

Jean Aspen, daughter of Arctic explorer and author Constance Helmericks, began life in the wilderness. Throughout six decades, the natural world has remained central to her.What began as letters to their son, Lucas, when she and her husband, Tom Irons, set out to search for a different future,evolved over the seasons into many snapshots of her remarkable life. Seemingly random threads weave a tapestry of her journey, circling always back to the river that flows by their cabin in Alaska's wild Brooks Range. In Trusting the River,Aspen closes the story of her mother's books and her own early works, Arctic Daughter and Arctic Son.

Summary

Set in the Arctic wilderness of Alaska in the 1970s, here is an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and a lyrical odyssey. This remarkable tale of survival and courage measures the value of dreams against the unforgiving realities of the natural world.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Aspen
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781941821763
• ISBN: 978-1-941821-76-3
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 507 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Travel > Sports and active travel > World, Arctic, Antarctic