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 Author Name: Ted Kerasote
Title: OUT THERE: IN THE WILD IN A WIRED AGE
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: VOYAGEUR
ISBN Number: 0896585565 / 9780896585560
Seller ID: 1060439
Engaging narrative about an exciting adventure. Join Kerasote & his friend as they try to "get away from it all" by traveling to the far northwestern corner of Canada's Northwest Territories & down a river that flows through uninhabited country, 400 miles to the Arctic Ocean. 5x7 inches, 160 pgs.
'Who hasn't wanted to get away from cell phones, e-mail, roads, and traffic' And what better place to escape our wired world than the far northwestern corner of Canada's Northwest Territories and a river that flows through uninhabited country, 400 miles to the Arctic Ocean. But what if your canoeing partner brings along a satellite phone to use in case of an emergency' And, struck by the novelty of anywhere-on-earth communication, he proceeds to use the phone to check in with his law office, his wife, kids, sisters, father, and friends'
Noted wilderness traveler and author Ted Kerasote deals with just such a situation as he journeys along the Horton River through the largest ice-free, roadless area left on Earth, a stunning wilderness of grizzly bears, caribou, and migrating birds. Between navigating rapids, slipping around musk ox and grizzlies, and being pinned down by Arctic storms, the two friends prod each other into a finer understanding of love, marriage, parenting, and the meaning of solitude in an increasingly wired world.
Contrasting his own experiences with those of the region's earliest explorers--Sir John Franklin and Vilhjalmur Stefansson--Kerasote provides a compelling and humorous take on how travelers from any age adjust to being away from their civilizations and how getting "out there" has inevitably changed but has also remained the same--especially if you shut off the phone.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"Out There is far, far more than a macho 'there-we-were' adventure story. Ted Kerasote is a fine literary companion--poetic, honest and observant."
--Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight' An African Childhood
"Ted Kerasote belongs to that tradition of thoughtful writers whose subject is nature and how we relate to it."
--C.P. Crow, The New York Times Book Review of Heart of Home
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ted Kerasote is a regular contributor to Outside, Audubon, and other magazines and is the author of several books. He has participated in and led many backcountry trips, including mountaineering, desert & jungle crossings, skiing, dog sledding, river descents by canoe & kayak, and ocean sea kayaking. These trips have taken place all over the globe. He is well-known in outdoors writing circles.
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