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Author | : Don Starkell |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 1994-09-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0771082568 |
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It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime. When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three-seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled nearly twenty million strokes, slept on beaches, in jungles and fields, dined on tapir, shark, and heaps of roasted ants. They encountered piranhas, wild pigs, and hungry alligators. They were arrested, shot at, taken for spies and drug smugglers, and set upon by pirates. They had lived through terrifying hurricanes, food poisoning, and near starvation. And at the same time they had set a record for a thrilling, unforgettable voyage of discovery and old-fashioned adventure. "Courageous . . . Exciting and always immediate." -- The New York Times Book Review
Author | : Don Starkell |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 1992-03-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780804109338 |
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A first-person account of the longest journey ever made by canoe--from Winnipeg south to the Amazon River--records the troubles and triumphs faced by a father and son during their 12,180 mile, twenty million-stroke journey. Reprint.
Author | : Don Starkell |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 1994-09-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0771082568 |
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It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime. When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three-seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled nearly twenty million strokes, slept on beaches, in jungles and fields, dined on tapir, shark, and heaps of roasted ants. They encountered piranhas, wild pigs, and hungry alligators. They were arrested, shot at, taken for spies and drug smugglers, and set upon by pirates. They had lived through terrifying hurricanes, food poisoning, and near starvation. And at the same time they had set a record for a thrilling, unforgettable voyage of discovery and old-fashioned adventure. "Courageous . . . Exciting and always immediate." -- The New York Times Book Review
Author | : Don Starkell |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2000-03-25 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0771082657 |
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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.
Author | : Don Starkell |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2000-03-25 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0771082657 |
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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.
Author | : Bruce Erickson |
Publisher | : Univ. of Manitoba Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-03-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0887559115 |
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Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices, and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses, this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our political life. Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe’s relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism, environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states. Almost everywhere we turn, and any way we look at it, the canoe both affects and is affected by complex political and cultural histories. Across Canada and the U.S., canoeing cultures have been born of activism and resistance as much as of adherence to the mythologies of wilderness and nation building. The essays in this volume show that canoes can enhance how we engage with and interpret not only our physical environments, but also our histories and present-day societies.
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Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 1610 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Canada Imprints |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Roger Harris |
Publisher | : Bradt Travel Guides |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781841621739 |
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This new edition has been completely revised with updated information on hotels, lodges and tour operators. It contains a detailed and illustrated natural history section on native species and habitats. The Amazon is an ideal location for eco-travellers, naturalists, sports enthusiasts and explorers. Travellers are given sound advice on responsible travel and planning their own expedition.
Author | : Doug Lansky |
Publisher | : Meadow Brook Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | : 9780881663341 |
Download Up the Amazon Without a Paddle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Doug Lansky travels the world looking for adventures and reports them with a dry wit in a syndicated newspaper column. This anthology of his writings contains 60 of his adventures, including: fending off hippos with a canoe paddle on the Zambesi River; swimming with dolphins off the coast of New Zealand; riding an ostrich in South Africa; lassoing reindeer above the Arctic Circle; diving for treasure in Key West; wrestling an alligator in Florida; and crossing the Great Indian Desert on a nauseous camel.
Author | : Colin Angus |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2009-03-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307372065 |
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The hair-raising true story of the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon. To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge: Tackle the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and fate. In Amazon Extreme Colin Angus provides a you-are-there account of his expedition’s terrors and triumphs. In spite of Shining Path gunmen, mosquito-laden drinking water, and, of course, the terrifying rapids themselves, his crew also found a reverence for the equally compelling beauty that makes this region so renowned. Graceful dolphins, lush forests, and the intriguing people who live along the river complete the backdrop as Angus’s five-month excursion unfolds. Culminating in an astonishing victory that garnered major media coverage, this is the story of three guys who truly went off the deep end, and one who came back to write a riveting recollection of it.