Expedition Canoeing, 3rd: A Guide to Canoeing Wild Rivers in North America (Canoeing how-to)

Expedition Canoeing (formerly titled Canoeing Wild Rivers) is the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North America's waterways. This completely revamped edition expertly details everything you need to know about paddling the continent's wild rivers.

Cliff Jacobson uses his thirty plus years of river running to give you sound advice and advanced techniques for canoeing in the wilderness. You will find dozens of black-and-white and color photos, how-to illustrations, canoeing and camping tricks, and a discussion of GPS navigation. In a chapter new to this edition, the author augments his recommendations with the hard-won advice of fellow canoeing experts.

Preparation and skills are everything when expedition canoeing. Take along this guide on all of your canoeing adventures.

This guide contains information on how to pick a crew, route and trip planning, canoeing and camping gear, how to deal with dangerous bears, canoe hazards and rescue, barren-land travel and much more.

CLIFF JACOBSON is one of North America's most respected outdoors writers and wilderness canoe guides. He is a professional outfitter/guide for the Science Museum of Minnesota, a canoeing consultant, and the author of more than a dozen top-selling books on camping and canoeing.