Winter in Fireland : a Patagonian sailing adventure / Nicholas Coghlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coghlan, Nicholas, 1954-

Series:

Wayfarer (Edmonton, Alta.)

Wayfarer series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coghlan, Nicholas, 1954---Travel--Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile).

Coghlan, Nicholas.

Coghlan, Nicholas, 1954-.

Travel.

Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel.

Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile).

Coghlan, Nicholas, 1954---Travel--Patagonia (Argentina and Chile).

Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel.

Patagonia (Argentina and Chile).

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2011.

Summary:

This engaging travel memoir describes Coghlan and his wife's first trip to Patagonia in 1978, as well as their second voyage 25 years later in which they sailed from Cape Town to the Beagle Channel and the Strait of Magellan, skirting Tierra del Fuego to Puerto Montt. Along the way, he relates the experiences of past adventurers including Bruce Chatwin, James Cook, Charles Darwin, Ferdinand Magellan, Allen Gardiner, and Joshua Slocum. Distributed by Michigan U. Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Far Away and Long Ago 1

2 Fitting Out 47

3 Rolling Down to Rio 79

4 Three Fronts, a Pampero, and a Zonda 113

5 Bright and Fierce and Fickle is the South 153

6 Winter in Fireland 185

7 More Anxieties and Hardships 217

8 in the Wake of the Dresden 245

9 To the Gulf of Sorrows 279

10 Wizards, Witches, and Ghost Ships 307

11 Under the Wide and Starry Sky 335.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index.

ISBN:

9780888645470

0888645473

OCLC:

690088759