Alone Across the Arctic - One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team

Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC chronicles this astounding expedition.

List of contents

Acknowledgements  Page 3
Map                              Page 6-7
Ch 1 Beginnings       Page 9
Ch 2 Training             Page 21
Ch 3 The Expedition: Across Alaska  Page 40
Ch 4 The Expedition: Across Canada  Page 58
Expedition Supply List    Page 116
Glossary                           Page 117
Index                                 Page 119

About the author

Pam Flowers is the fourteenth recipient of the Gold Medal from the Society of Woman Geographers, following in the footsteps of Amelia Earhart, Margaret Mead, and Jane Goodall. Named an Outsider of the Year by OUTSIDE MAGAZINE, she has participated in nine Arctic expeditions and completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail.
Pam is the author of ORDINARY DOGS, EXTRAORDINARY FRIENDSHIPS; ELLIE¿S LONG WALK; HUG A HUSKY; DOUGGIE and, along with Ann Dixon, is the coauthor of ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC: ONE WOMAN¿S EPIC JOURNEY BY DOG TEAM and BIG-ENOUGH ANNA.
Pam has spoken to more than 700,000 students at over 1,200 schools and has spoken at the Smithsonian, the St. Louis Science Center, and hundreds of public libraries. www.pamflowers.com

Summary

Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC chronicles this astounding expedition.

Product details

• Authors: Pam Flowers, Flowers Pam
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781943328109
• ISBN: 978-1-943328-10-9
• Illustrations: 34 photos, 1 black-and-white illustration, 1 map
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Women, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, Geographical discovery & exploration, Gender studies: women, Geographical discovery and exploration, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Travel and holiday, Gender studies: women and girls, Polar regions