Lure of the Quest by John Balzar
Every year, equipped with specialist equipment and a team of huskies, an intrepid group of highly-skilled competitors penetrates the sub-arctic. It is winter, a season of extreme cold and 17-hour nights, where the aurora borealis flames overhead, the snow underfoot is so crystalline that it chafes like sandpaper and where every incoming breath is so cold it burns like fire. This is the Yukon Territory and the start of the annual Yukon Quest, a 1025-mile long dog-sled race which ends in Alaska. Award-winning journalist John Balzar decided that he too must take part in this incredible, epic event. Beautifully written, this is his astonishing story ...
John Balzar is a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and was awarded the Scripps Howard Foundation prize for human interest writing. He has worked as a river boatman in Alaska's mountains and sailed across the Pacific.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747264545 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747264546 |
| Title | Lure of the Quest |
| Author | John Balzar |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2000-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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