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Arctic quest : odyssey through a threatened wilderness / Chad Kister.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kister, Chad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kister, Chad.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Alaska--Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Oil well drilling--Environmental aspects--Alaska--Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Oil well drilling.
- Travel.
- Oil well drilling--Environmental aspects.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects.
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska).
- Kister, Chad--Travel--Alaska--Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Alaska.
- Alaska--Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Physical Description:
- 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- A cliff-hanging adventure taking readers to a land in imminent peril. Chad Kister takes you on a riveting 700-mile journey by raft and foot. See the Arctic Refuge beauty first hand through the dangers Kister survives. A broken backpack--repaired with caribou antlers--pales against the spirited chase by security guards trying to stop his discovery of what big oil is doing to this fragile land. "I was grabbed from the first page. Few young whipper-snappers can pull off an adventure this thrilling with such charming and refreshing naivete and later write about it like an old pro. His masterful story telling ability riveted me to the book. But by the end I realized I had gained so much insight into the politics of oil exploration in this contended wilderness. I can't wait to see what's next from this new young writer."--Bernd Heinrich, author The New York Times bestseller, Ravens in Winter and A Year in the Maine Woods
- Contents:
- 1 Escape 7
- 2 Captured in Poison Land 15
- 3 Into the Wilderness 25
- 4 Trouble 32
- 5 In Quest of Food 37
- 6 Feast 42
- 7 Fish 45
- 8 Land of Plenty 49
- 9 Approaching the Front Line 52
- 10 Border to Paradise 57
- 11 Valley of Life 61
- 12 Crisis of Goals 67
- 13 Reverence in Rainbow Temple 77
- 14 Into the Mountain Heart 84
- 15 Renewal at Lake Trout Cabin 93
- 16 Petrol Haze 97
- 17 Stowaway 101
- 18 Birthday Voyage 105
- 19 Arctic Companions 111
- 20 Disaster 118
- 21 Recovery 128
- 22 Where Eagles Soar 132
- 23 Riverside Gathering 155
- 24 The Crossing 159
- 25 Flood Weary Along the Okpilak 163
- 26 The Bearded One 168
- 27 To the Jago 172
- 28 Rescue 177
- 29 Arctic Transformations 183
- 30 Inupiat: Native Whalers of the Far North 191
- 31 Locals Express Concern of an Uncertain Future 197
- 32 Steve Porter 206
- 33 Over the Mountains 215
- 34 Caribou People 218
- 35 The Gwich'in Struggle 223
- 36 Autumn Raft Quest 231
- 37 Sharing the Hunt 237
- 38 Earth Connection 245
- 39 Wolf: Spirit of the Wild 248
- 40 Sandstorm 255
- 41 Patches 260
- 42 Rotting 268
- 43 Awakening 271
- 44 Grizzly 273
- 45 At Stake 280
- 46 Change 282.
- ISBN:
- 1567512364
- 1567512372
- OCLC:
- 52496872
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