Exploring Alaska's Kenai Fjords - Softcover

David Wm. Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0961395443 ISBN 13: 9780961395445

Publisher: Wilderness Images, 2017

Synopsis

The new, 2017 edition of Exploring Alaska's Kenai Fjords is a completely updated, comprehensive guidebook to the stunning Kenai Fjords coastline stretching from Port Bainbridge to Port Chatham, Southcentral Alaska. This 320 page guidebook, illustrated with 43 maps and 140 contemporary and historical photographs and vintage drawings, is the most comprehensive coastal resource available for the region. It provides intricate descriptions of the numerous parks and public lands in the Fjords, including the Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge sites, Alaska State Marine and Recreational Parks and the Kachemak Bay State and Wilderness Parks. Ideal for planning, the guidebook is full of tips for the small boat mariner, ocean kayaker and others who are interested in scenic locations to visit, the dynamics of local tidewater glaciers and other geologic features, regional history and the abundant marine and terrestrial wildlife in the fjords.

About this title

About the Author

The author, David Miller, homesteaded in Day Harbor on the Kenai Peninsula outer coast after serving in the Vietnam War. He has extensively explored the Kenai Peninsula seacoast by small boat and kayak. The coastal guide material and travel tips in this book were compiled from his journals, travel logs, commercial fishing records, and recollections from more than 45 years of exploring, beachcombing, and photographing wild and remote places in the Kenai Fjords, Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska. His articles and photographs have appeared in Alaska Magazine, Alaska Geographic, Wilderness, and other publications. David lives with his wife Anne, a marine biologist in Seward, Alaska. They also fish commercially for halibut and spend time at their homestead in Day Harbor.

Review

Amazon reviewers have rated Exploring Alaska s Kenai Fjords 5 out of 5 stars... an excellent introduction to the coast between Homer and Seward... THE must have book for boating the Kenai Fjords - Invaluable when sightseeing or looking for safe anchorage... Love this book - Great details of each area in Kenai Fjords... --Amazon.com

David Wm. Miller s excellent book Exploring Alaska s Kenai Fjords... presents an engaging mariner s guide that includes a great deal of history and natural history as well as sound advice on anchorage, hazards, and attractions. His book is especially helpful to kayakers because he notes landing beaches, campsites, and cabins. --Gulf of Alaska Coastal Travel Routes by Terry Johnson, Alaska Sea Grant marine recreation and tourism specialist

Edition details

• Publisher: Wilderness Images
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0961395443
• ISBN 13: 9780961395445
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320