Hudson Bay Bound
University of Minnesota Press (Verlag)
978-1-5179-1374-8 (ISBN)
Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic Canoeing with the Cree, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced unexpected trials, some harrowing, some simply odd. But for the two friends—the first women to make this expedition—there was one timeless challenge: the occasional pitfalls that test character and friendship. Warren’s spellbinding account retraces the women’s journey from inspiration to Arctic waters, giving readers an insider view from the practicalities of planning a three-month canoe expedition to the successful accomplishment of the adventure of a lifetime.
Along the route we meet the people who live and work on the waterways, including denizens of a resort who supply much-needed sustenance; a solitary resident in the wilderness who helps plug a leak; and the people of the Cree First Nation at Norway House, where the canoeists acquire a furry companion. Describing the tensions that erupt between the women (who at one point communicate with each other only by note) and the natural and human-made phenomena they encounter—from islands of trash to waterfalls and a wolf pack—Warren brings us into her experience, and we join these modern women (and their dog) as they recreate this historic trip, including the pleasures and perils, the sexism, the social and environmental implications, and the enduring wonder of the wilderness.
Natalie Warren is a Minneapolis-based author, scholar, and public speaker on environmental issues. A lifelong paddler and river lover, she canoed the length of the Mississippi River and won first place in the Yukon River Quest in the women’s voyageur division, paddling 450 miles in fifty-three hours. A contributing writer to outdoor publications, she has worked with Bancroft Arnesen Explore, St. Croix River Association, and River Management Society, and she started a nonprofit to present urban rivers as natural, dynamic classrooms for youth. Ann Bancroft is one of the world’s preeminent polar explorers and an internationally recognized educator, speaker, and philanthropist. With Liv Arnesen, she is author of No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Historic Journey across Antarctica (Minnesota, 2019).
Foreword
Ann Bancroft
Prologue
From Palms to Pines
The Pack-Out
Flooded Upstream
Against the Wind
Meet Me at the Popcorn Stand
River Races and Role Models
Living the Dream, Downstream
Rapture Before the Border
At Home on the Big Lake
Don’t Wake the Beast
Waiting for the Wind
Escape from Gull Harbor
A Tale of Tiny Boats
Windbound to Norway House
York Boats and Dog Days
Into the Wild
Pancakes and Portages
Spring Break at Hell’s Gate
Knife Rapids
Polar Bear Paradise
Afterword
Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.02.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 22 black and white plates, 1 map |
| Verlagsort | Minnesota |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5179-1374-8 / 1517913748 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5179-1374-8 / 9781517913748 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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