Arctic Adventures: Exploring Canada's North by Canoe and Dog Team [Paperback]

Ian Wilson (Author), Sally Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997 | Series: Arctic Adventures (Book 1)

In one actionpacked year, Ian and Sally Wilson travelled 3,500 kilometres by canoe and dog team across Canada's vast Arctic. They also lived with an Inuit family and learned how to build igloos and run a team of seven boisterous huskies. In this book, the authors share their Arctic adventures, including the thrill of having 15,000 caribou tramp past their tent and the suspense of camping on shifting ice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Gordon Soules Book Publishers (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0919574432
• ISBN-13: 978-0919574434
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #830,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent real life adventure story for all age readers, July 8, 2000

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Philip A. Rowe, Jr. (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Arctic Adventures: Exploring Canada's North by Canoe and Dog Team (Paperback)

With this delightful page-turner, the authors have drawn together a varied account of Arctic travels and adventures spanning four seasons. You feel you are right there with them as Ian and Sally Wilson traverse the tundra, rivers, lakes, ice and snow of the far north region near Hudson Bay. The insights into native culture, life styles and the lessons of the region are fascinating and deserving attention. For armchair adventurers or those who yearn to try something new, this book is both a travelogue and an instructional gem. The many pictures greatly enhance reader awareness and appreciation for the experience of this adventuresome couple. Very well written.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arctic Adventures, November 23, 2001

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Paul White "Kezdiman" (Ojdula, Transylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arctic Adventures: Exploring Canada's North by Canoe and Dog Team (Paperback)

A wonderful book! A well written and stimulating book. Most adventure books are written by experts in adventure travel. It was refreshing to read a book written by people with no experience with a dog team, learning on the job in the harsh enviroment of the arctic. It certainly took 'guts'to battle with the elements with such limited experience, especially in such low temperatures that would almost kill the unprepared within minutes. It was because of this inexperience that one could identify with this couple, and in some ways wish you were with them, if only to give a helping hand, or work out a problem that may endanger their lives.