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A photojournalist chronicles his fascinating journeys to Ellesmere Island in the high Arctic, re-creating some of the historical expeditions to the locale, reflecting on the meaning of extreme adventure, and capturing some of Ellesmere's remarkable landscape and wildlife.
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About the Author
Jerry Kobalenko's work has appeared in Geo, Outside, Islands, Conde Nast Traveler, and National Geographic World, among others. He has won awards for both his journalism and for his arctic photography. When he is not on an extreme journey he lives in Banff, Canada.
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Part of the Canadian Northwest Territories, Ellesmere is the tenth largest island in the world and lies west of northern Greenland. Canadian journalist-photographer Kobalenko has extensively explored the Arctic island on foot pulling a sledge filled with provisions, and he here documents his findings. After describing why he was drawn to such a desolate place, he examines the motives of historical and contemporary explorers, from those seeking the fame of discovering new lands to those extreme adventurers seeking a challenge for the record books. As he journeys from place to place, he discovers evidence of earlier journeys, which he describes and documents, including the failed attempt of Adolphus Greely to find the lost Franklin expedition, Frederick Cook's false North Pole claim, and Robert Peary's success. In a touching passage, Kobalenko describes a long wait in the snow for the first-ever picture of arctic hares nursing their young. Also included is a modern discussion of scurvy and a contemporary observation of the typical Victorian British explorer as the "ultimate gentlemen amateurs... No dogs, no Inuit helpers, no skis or snowshoes, only ponies, manpower, thousand-pound sleds, and naval issue clothing." Good insights from a writer who has a gift for storytelling. For public libraries. John Kenny, San Francisco P.L.
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- PublisherSoho Pr Inc
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1569472661
- ISBN 13 9781569472668
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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