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Author
Publication Date
1915
Physical Desc
ix, [1] p., 2 l., 3-326, [4] p. front., plates. 21 cm.
Description
First published in 1915, "Travels in Alaska" is a collection of essays and recollections by John Muir of his time spent in Alaska. Muir is often referred to as the "Father of the National Parks" and "John of the Mountains" and is most famous for his tireless work to preserve, study, and appreciate the natural world. Muir devoted many years of his life to the protection of the forests and mountains of the Western United States and advocated for making...
Publication Date
[2014], c2011
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (52 min.)) : sd., col.
Description
In this episode of Shane Untamed, Shane O heads to Kodiak Island to get a taste of all things big in Alaska. Salmon fishing is big on the Emerald Isle; Kodiak bears are the biggest brown bears in North America; and of course, you can't get much bigger than whales. Shane O sets out to experience all three, with some surprises along the way.
Author
Series
Publication Date
1990
Physical Desc
vi, 247 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Description
A superb book … Few can duplicate Mr Scott's ability to relate a provocative adventure.' The New York Times Book Review'A polished, integrated work and a valuable portrait.' Sunday Telegraph'Awed by the landscape and people he encountered, Scott does full justice to both in this engaging travel adventure.' Publishers WeeklyFor years Alastair Scott had dreamed of driving a dog team through the snows of the north, but he had no practical experience...
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Description
"In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. More than a hundred years later, Alaska is still America's most...
12) Alaska
Publication Date
1901-1905.
Physical Desc
11 volumes : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Description
Edward Harriman was one of the most powerful men in America. He owned several railroads, with a dream of owning all of them. He had taken a number of near-bankrupt railroads and restored them to profitability. However, by early 1899, he was exhausted. His doctor told him that he needed a long vacation. Never a man to do anything small, Harriman decided to go to Alaska to hunt Kodiak bears. But rather than go alone, he conceived of the idea of taking...
Author
Publication Date
c2009
Physical Desc
ix, 212 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Description
Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness is an autobiographical exploration of author Bill Sherwonit's relationship with the Alaska wilderness. Written in three parts, it first describes Sherwonit's introduction to the Brooks Range and his years as an exploration geologist. Taking a step back, the author then takes us into the past to explore his childhood roots in rural Connecticut and his recognition of wild nature as...
Author
Publication Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Description
Ted Lambert is regarded as one of the premier Alaska artists, a true pioneer. Born in 1905, and raised in the Chicago area, Lambert moved to Alaska in 1925 and went to work as a miner near McCarthy. He held several jobs, predominantly working at a copper mine and mushing dogs-first for adventure, and then as a mail carrier. Lambert left Alaska in 1931 to study art for a year at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, then moved to Seattle, where he...
Author
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
Description
2018 Alaskana Award from the Alaska Library Association 2018 Alaska Historical Society James H. Drucker Alaska Historian of the Year Award Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son illuminates the life of the remarkable Irish-Athabascan man who was the first person to summit Mount Denali, North America's tallest mountain. Born in 1893, Walter Harper was the youngest child of Jenny Albert and the legendary gold prospector Arthur Harper. His parents separated...
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The artist and adventurer chronicles his seven-month excursion to a remote cabin on Alaska's Fox Island with his nine-year-old son.
In August 1918 Rockwell Kent and his nine-year-old son settled into a primitive cabin on an island near Seward, Alaska. Kent, who during the next three decades became America's premier graphic artist, printmaker, and illustrator, was seeking time, peace, and solitude to work on his art and strengthen ties with his son....
Author
Publication Date
c2000
Physical Desc
xxi, 369 p. : ill., maps.
Description
This robust and engaging travel narrative re-creates a remarkable adventure in the summer of 1935, when Frederica de Laguna, then in her late 20s, led a party of three other scientists down the rivers of the middle and lower Yukon valley, making a geological and archaeological reconnaissance. De Laguna has based her story on her field notes, journals, and letters home. She augments this first-hand account with excerpts from the reports of earlier...
Author
Publication Date
2024.
Description
"In the 1900s, Mardy and Olaus Murie set out on an Arctic adventure, studying the land and animals. They learned from Indigenous communities the interconnectedness of life and understood that humans were threatening nature. So they fought to protect the Arctic-lobbying for what became the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."-- Provided by publisher.
