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Arctic Daughter: A Wilderness Journey Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Aspen, Jean (Author)
ISBN: 1941821162     ISBN-13: 9781941821169
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: March 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Travel | United States - West - Pacific (ak, Ca, Hi, Or, Wa)
- Travel | Special Interest - Adventure
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2014034764
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.9" W x 5.9" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Geographic Orientation - Alaska
 
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Publisher Description:

From the author/filmmaker of Arctic Son: Fulfilling the dream and the book on which the Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime in the Wilderness documentary is based.

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.

Heading off in an overloaded canoe, a young couple journeyed down the Yukon River and walked upstream into the remote Brooks Range to build a cabin and live off the land. She was twenty-two, daughter of a famous woman adventurer. He was her childhood sweetheart. Four years later, they emerged from the Alaskan wilds. Now in her sixties, Jean Aspen updates her spellbinding tale of adventure in a harsh and beautiful land for a new generation. Arctic Daughter is at once an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and a lyrical odyssey. A Reader's Digest book selection, this remarkable tale of survival and courage measures the value of dreams against the unforgiving realities of the natural world.


Contributor Bio(s): Aspen, Jean: - Daughter of Arctic explorer Constance Helmericks, Jean Aspen began life in the wilderness. Throughout six decades, the natural world has remained central to her. Jean is also the author of ARCTIC SON. She and her husband, Tom Irons, live in Alaska and spend much of each year in Alaskan wilds.