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Yukon Alone

Yukon Alone
Author: John Balzar
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780805059502

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The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is one of the most challenging sporting events in the world. Every February, a handful of hardy souls spends over two weeks racing sleds pulled by fourteen dogs over 1,023 miles of frozen rivers, icy mountain passes, and spruce forests as big as entire states, facing temperatures that drop to forty degrees below zero on nights that are seventeen hours long. Why would anyone want to enter this race? John Balzar-who moved to Alaska and lived on the trail-treats us to a vivid account of the grueling race itself, offering an insightful look at the men and women who have moved to this rugged and beautiful place. Readers will also be fascinated by Balzar's account of what goes into the training and care of the majestic dogs who pull the sleds and whose courage, strength, and devotion make them the true heroes of this story.


Yukon Alone

Yukon Alone
Author: John Balzar
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1429932996

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In the tradition of Into the Wild, John Balzar's Yukon Alone is a story of daring and determination in one of nature's harshest, loneliest, and most beautiful places. The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is among the most challenging and dangerous of all the organized sporting events in the world. Every February, a handful of hardy souls sps over two weeks racing sleds pulled by fourteen dogs over 1,023 miles of frozen rivers, icy mountain passes, and spruce forests as big as entire states. It's not unusual for the temperature to drop to 40-below or for the night to be seventeen hours long. Why would anyone want to run this race? To find out, John Balzar moved to Alaska months before The Quest began and he spent time in the homes of many of the mushers. Balzar then spent many days and nights on the trail, and the result is a book that not only treats us to a vivid day-by-day account of the grueling race itself but also offers an insightful look at the men and women who have moved to this rugged and beautiful place, often leaving behind comfortable houses and jobs in the lower forty-eight states for the sense of exhilaration they find in their new lives. Readers will also be fascinated by Balzar's account of what goes into the training and care of the majestic dogs who pull the sleds and whose courage, strength, and devotion make them the true heroes of this story. For anyone captivated by the wild north country, this riveting tale of courage and adventure will inspire and entertain.


The Yukon Grieves for No One

The Yukon Grieves for No One
Author: Lynn M. Berk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-09-29
Genre: Canada, Northern
ISBN: 9781480016071

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A shot rings out. A skiff is rammed by a large power boat and an old, Inuit seal hunter sinks into the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean. Four hundred miles away Frank Johnson, a Yukon Territory homesteader, is killed and buried in his own trash pile. When American Lydia Falkner returns to her Yukon River cabin, she is unemployed, broke, and grieving for her father. She is seeking the peace and solitude that only her special sanctuary can offer. But her friend Frank's death and the frustrating riddles he leaves behind make her a witness to an ever-widening conspiracy born of greed, deceit, and betrayal. Lydia's search for answers carries her many miles through the magnificent landscapes of the Canadian north. She and her battered skiff ride the waves and riffles of the Yukon River. A remote gravel road carries her into the high Arctic of the Northwest Territories and into the orbit of an unscrupulous and dangerous business man. Each of Lydia's journeys yields new revelations and each revelation puts her in greater danger. When she finally uncovers the piece of evidence that ties everything together, she is forced to run for her life.The Yukon Grieves for No One invites the reader to revisit the land of Jack London. There are Mounties and mountain men, grizzlies and wolves, Inuit and people of the First Nations, impostors and predatory entrepreneurs. But this is a thoroughly modern story with a little sex, lots of humor, a sidekick with a Brooklyn accent, and a plot that twists, turns, and deepens much like the mighty Yukon River.


Pacific Marine Review

Pacific Marine Review
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1916
Genre: Marine engineering
ISBN:

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Canadian Progress ...

Canadian Progress ...
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1928
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

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To Die Alone in the Yukon

To Die Alone in the Yukon
Author: Lynn M. Berk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-12-08
Genre: Canada, Northern
ISBN: 9781981258475

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"After a stint of teaching in Fairbanks, Alaska, Lydia Falkner is anxious to return to the Yukon Territory and her wilderness cabin. Her plans are torn apart when a dear friend is murdered, an old man vanishes, and a mysterious woman is found dead in a gold mine. At first these seem to be separate, isolated events. But are they? Lydia's search for motives, connections, and answers becomes ever more frustrating. Journeys up and down the magnificent Yukon River, visits to a mushroom picking camp, a long trip to a remote First Nation village--all these forays expose pieces of the puzzle. Gradually a pattern emerges and, as it does, Lydia finds she has put her own life in grave danger."--Page 4 of cover


To Die Alone in the Yukon

To Die Alone in the Yukon
Author: Lynn M. Berk
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017
Genre: English teachers
ISBN: 9781370670062

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After five months of teaching in Alaska, Lydia Falkner is back in the Yukon Territory. She is anxious to return to her beloved wilderness cabin. The salmon are running, the bears are afoot, and the fireweed is in bloom. Lydia longs to embrace it all. But, at the request of Teddy an old and dear friend, she will first visit a salmon research project on the Yukon River. The researchers share a camp with a group of mushroom pickers, a diverse and interesting group. Lydia befriends a small boy and together they wait for Teddy to return to camp. Teddy never arrives. A search ensues and it is not until evening that the body is discovered at a hundred year old mining site. It is murder. There are no clues and no obvious motives. Was Teddy assaulted by one of the mushroom hunters? by the archeologist who lives at the mining site? by the placer miners who live nearby in the woods? Lydia is obsessed by Teddy's death and travels the Territory searching for information. Three more bodies are discovered in very different environments, under very different circumstances. There is no obvious connection between these four deaths and yet one name keeps surfacing. As the summer wears on, more details emerge but none of them are illuminating until an astonishing answer comes from an astonishing source. This revelation nearly costs Lydia her life.


Scribner's Magazine

Scribner's Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 816
Release: 1897
Genre:
ISBN:

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Scribner's Magazine

Scribner's Magazine
Author: Edward Livermore Burlingame
Publisher:
Total Pages: 814
Release: 1897
Genre: American periodicals
ISBN:

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