The Northwest Passage by Tony Soper

The Northwest Passage by Tony Soper

The Northwest Passage is an ice-choked waterway with spectacular landscapes and a powerful history of naval endeavour. It is also an unfolding opportunity for adventurous travel. The five-century dream of a trade route to Asia by way of a short-cut through the Arctic archipelago is, this book shows, finally a reality. Over the last decade global warming has opened this fabled passage in late summer for freight and for bold tourists. This is the first book to draw together the rich history with a guide to the region - home for the majority of the world's seabirds, enormous numbers of seals, plenty of polar bears and narwhals and more than enough mosquitoes. It is also home for Inuit, who arrived from the east, adapting superbly to a cruel climate. Today's travellers can see incomparable scenery and a wealth of wildlife. In 1819 John Franklin commanded one of the first naval expeditions to attempt the passage. He was reduced to eating his boots in order to survive.Tony Soper was more fortunate in his own five transits of the Passage and draws on these to describe this unique and relatively unexplored territory.

'Compact, crucial reading for anyone considering tackling the legendary Arctic route from the Atlantic to the PacificChocca with colourful information, it's as enjoyable for its epic history as much as the helpful details of sights you can expect from your expedition ship bridge.' Food & Travel magazine 'This is surely the perfect guide for anyone wanting to venture through [the Northwest Passage], detailing the history, geography and animal and bird life of the region, and written by a man used to travelling on ice-breakers.' Good Book Guide 'This pocketbook is for people wanting to voyage through the NW passage on commercial ships.' Yachting Monthly

Tony Soper is best known as a naturalist who has presented many programmes for the BBC Natural History Unit.

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ISBN 13	9781841624389
ISBN 10	1841624381
Titel	The Northwest Passage
Autor	Tony Soper
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Bradt Travel Guides
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-07-04
Seitenanzahl	160
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