Rowing the Northwest Passage, Kevin Vallely
Rowing the Northwest Passage, Kevin Vallely
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Rowing the Northwest Passage
Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea

Author: Kevin Vallely

Narrator: Graham Rowat

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/23/2018

Synopsis

Four men in a rowboat make an historic attempt on the Northwest Passage to focus global attention on an environmental catastrophe. "Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance." -Evan Solomon In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change. ? Along the way, the team repeatedly face life-threatening danger from storms unparalleled in their ferocity and unpredictability and bears witness to unprecedented changes in the Arctic habitat and inhabitants, while weathering gale-force vitriol from climate change deniers who have taken to social media to attack them and undermine their efforts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John

I am a fan of adventure travel accounts. They make great armchair reading sessions. I still recall how I was gripped by "Annapurna" by Maurice Herzog (1950) back in 7th grade English class. Herzog's account of his band of Alps trained Frenchmen on that 8,091 meter sacred Nepalese massif hooked me. V......more

Goodreads review by Katrina

I absolutely loved this book. Interestingly enough I started off my day reading about the Arctic Ocean in the latest National Geographic issue and it corroborated many of the facts mentioned in the book, which I then read in one long sitting because I couldn't put it down. It was encouraging to see......more

Goodreads review by Laurel

Valley is patient in his storytelling, giving facts and moments which seem authentic to the experience. I did find myself wanting more heart-pounding thrills, but the beautiful "ilira" ending made up for it.......more

Goodreads review by Grace

One of those books that I *should* like more than I did. It’s got a lot of great elements, but overall: meh. PT: glaciers/ice, reading around the world: northwest passage (obviously), adventures/explorers, geography, geology, oceanography, climate change WIL 1) The Sea. give me a book about traversin......more

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