The story of a seventy-year-old man, three thousand reindeer, and a fifteen-hundred-mile trail drive across Alaska.
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“An indispensable book for anyone who wants to understand the Canadian Arctic in all its peril and glory.” --Scott Young
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Arctic Exodus is the dramatic story of one of the greatest trail drives in the history of North America.
In 1929, Andrew Bahr, "The Arctic Moses," and his small band of herders started out from Alaska with three thousand reindeer, intending to cover the fifteen hundred miles to the Mackenzie Delta in eighteen months. Bahr was seventy at the time, and the reindeer were needed as domestic animals for tribes living above the Arctic Circle. While the rest of the world was reeling from the Depression, Bahr and his men would face the challenges of seventy-below temperatures, blizzards, prowling wolves, twenty-four-hour days in summer, boggy tundra, mosquitoes, and ornery reindeer. In the end, their perilous journey would take more than five years to complete - one mountain range took an entire year to cross - and Bahr ended the trip with roughly the same number of reindeer, having raised as many as he lost.
With riveting detail, Dick North brings the characters, the setting, and the spirit of the trail drive to life in this classic Arctic adventure tale. There will never be another like it.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
In 1929, Andrew Bahr, "The Arctic Moses," and his small band of herders started out from Alaska with three thousand reindeer, intending to cover the fifteen hundred miles to the Mackenzie Delta in eighteen months. Bahr was seventy at the time, and the reindeer were needed as domestic animals for tribes living above the Arctic Circle. While the rest of the world was reeling from the Depression, Bahr and his men would face the challenges of seventy-below temperatures, blizzards, prowling wolves, twenty-four-hour days in summer, boggy tundra, mosquitoes, and ornery reindeer. In the end, their perilous journey would take more than five years to complete - one mountain range took an entire year to cross - and Bahr ended the trip with roughly the same number of reindeer, having raised as many as he lost.
With riveting detail, Dick North brings the characters, the setting, and the spirit of the trail drive to life in this classic Arctic adventure tale. There will never be another like it.
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Caribou herding in the Far North,
This review is from: Arctic Exodus: The Last Great Trail Drive (Paperback)
As a wildlife biologist who has worked with woodland caribou in extreme northeast Washington and who has lived in Alaska, I found this book fascinating. It's one of those great unheard of stories that needs a wider audience, especially for lovers of the far north and caribou. The author writes clearly and concisely. Thankfully he was willing to take the time and effort to write this story. For those of you who love adventure stories, wildlife tales, and admire the arctic, this is a must read, not just for enjoyment but for your education. Hmm... has the Discovery Channel or Animal Planet documented this story?
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