Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska,

Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier

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 sublime wilderness, both the lure that draws one million tourists annually on Inside Passage cruises and as a natural resources larder waiting to be raided. As ever, it remains a magnet for weirdos and dreamers.

Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Traveling town to town by water, Adams venturesÂ three thousand miles north through Wrangell, Juneau, and Glacier Bay, then continues west into theÂ colder and stranger regions of the Aleutians and the Arctic Circle. Along the way, he encounters dozens of unusual characters (and a couple of very hungry bears) and investigates how lessons learned in 1899 might relate to Alaska's current struggles in adapting to the pressures of a changing climate and world.
Country USA
Manufacturer Dutton
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781101985106
ReleaseDate 2018-05-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781101985106

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Dutton
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781101985106
ReleaseDate	2018-05-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781101985106

Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier