Canoe Trip by David Curran

Canoe Trip by David Curran

In June of 2002, the author and his friend set out to descend by canoe a rarely traveled and extremely remote wilderness river in northern Saskatchewan--the MacFarlane River--and eventually arrive at pristine Lake Athabasca. It is a river journey few have attempted (the first recorded descent was in 1991), passing through an uninhabited and inhospitable region of the vast Canadian north. It is an area rarely entered and even more rarely written about. From encounters with nasty grizzlies to some of the most challenging conditions imaginable, David Curran manages to survive his first foray into true wilderness and writes about his adventure in a style reminiscent of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods--with self-deprecating humor and a novice's appreciation for all things wild. In addition, the book explores the natural and human history of the region, as well as describes the choosing, planning and carrying out of a wilderness canoe trip in a style that is informative and engaging.

David Curran, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University. His primary research interest is in developments in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping. Since completing his PhD at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, David has undertaken research into a range of topic areas including the role of conflict resolution in training programs for military peacekeepers; the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping; the evolution of rapid-reaction peacekeeping and peacebuilding forces such as the African Union standby brigades, EU battle groups; and the potential of specialized UN rapid reaction capabilities.

Trudy Fraser, PhD, was most recently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with joint affiliation at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo, Japan, and the University of Tokyo. Her work examines the efficacy of the United Nations in meeting the challenges of contemporary human security. She is the author of Maintaining Peace and Security? The United Nations in a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) and the co-editor of The Security Council as Global Legislator with Vesselin Popovski (Routledge 2014). She received a PhD in international relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, UK, in 2011.

Larry Roeder is a former Policy Adviser on Disaster Management, US Department of State, working on both conflicts and natural disasters. He was also a multilateral negotiator on national security technologies and a professional peacekeeper, serving as a Civilian Observer in the Multinational Forces and Observers (MFO), Sinai, Egypt. In addition, he served as Executive Director of the Global Disaster Information Network (a project of Vice President Gore), Senior Editor for Climate Caucus Network and UN Affairs Director, (WSPA) where he focused on the impact of climate and conflict on sustainable development issues as

they related to livestock and farmers. He is Series Editor of the Humanitarian Solutions in the 21^st Century series with Springer and the author of Diplomacy and Negotiation for Humanitarian NGOs (Springer 2013).

Robert Zuber, PhD, is director of UN-based Global Action to Prevent War and the Project for a UN Emergency Peace Service. He also serves as consultant, adviser or board member to a wide variety of non-profit, policy and educational organizations, including Green Map System, Our Humanity in the Balance, and the Paris-based human rights organization FIACAT. Based in Harlem and educated at Yale and Columbia Universities, he has written and spoken extensively on diverse human security issues and has organized workshops and conferences in over 25 countries on topics from small arms proliferation and civilian protection to women's participation in peace processes and peacekeeping reform.

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ISBN 13	9781555716677
ISBN 10	1555716679
Title	Canoe Trip
Author	David Curran
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	L & R Publishing
Year published	2010-02-01
Number of pages	136
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