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 Romance, Passion, Travel, Humor, and Hardship! November 12, 2003
Christiana Washington (Colorado)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has it all. I could not put it down until I had gotten all the way through. This is one of the most satisfying travel books I have ever read. It is definitely the best book about Arctic travel on the market!
Could be my all-time favorite book November 11, 2002
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I don't like sailing. I don't like to be cold. I cannot imagine locking myself up in a boat in the dark Arctic for more than about 3 hours. I'm not even a guy! However, I love this book. It has everything. Romance, adventure, humor, intrigue -- and it's TRUE. I read A LOT of books. I know a good story. This is a GREAT one.
GRIPPING. POWERFUL November 6, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Thank you Alvah for writing a profound book. People called me crazy when, as a single woman, I went to live in the wilderness...a remote home in the Cascade Mountains, without electricity or telephone. The environment and circumstances described by Alvah are very different from my own, but his writing caputures the same inner drive...the force that demanded that I have that experience. Driven. By following this inner directive, my life was transformed. While Alvah told us about his adventure, hybernation, and reemergence, he also captured my own profound experience beautifully. What a gift!
The Thinking Man's Book of Adventure October 24, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book deserves to be more widely read. It is written by an experienced sea captain who makes a voyage to the Artic - it is well written. The captain is a gifted writer - there is even a certain lyrical quality to it that one comes across in good writing about the sea. The characters he encounters in the book are larger than life, but real, the salt of the earth. The descriptions of Inuit life, the people and their viewpoint are extremely interesting. The story about whaling told by Ingmar Egede deserves to be understood and supported by all who care about the plight of the Polar people's culture - they have much to teach us. Treat yourself to a copy of this book. You won't regret it.
The Thinking Man's Book of Adventure October 24, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book deserves to be more widely read. It is written by an experienced sea captain who makes a voyage to the Artic - it is well written. The captain is a gifted writer - there is even a certain lyrical quality to it that one comes across in good writing about the sea. The characters he encounters in the book are larger than life, but real, the salt of the earth. The descriptions of Inuit life, the people and their viewpoint are extremely interesting. The story about whaling told by Ingmar Egede deserves to be understood and supported by all who care about the plight of the Polar people's culture - they have much to teach us. Treat yourself to a copy of this book. You won't regret it.
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