|  | Author: Jill Fredston
Publisher: North Point Press
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 92255
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0865476551
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.122092
EAN: 9780865476554
ASIN: 0865476551
Publication Date: October 10, 2002
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Condition: A copy that has been read, still in great condition. Pages are intact, not marred by highlighting or notes. The spine reamins undamaged. Thank You for your purchase, it goes to a non profit organization and will be shipped in 2 business days. USPS Quotes 4-14 business days and could take up to 21 business days once the book has shipped.
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 Authentic December 5, 2001
Ned Rozell (Fairbanks, AK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jill Fredston is a skilled rower and a captivating writer.
An Armchair Traveler's Delight November 30, 2001
M. Ginsberg (Cary, NC United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
As a junkie of adventure travel books - especially those that feature the polar regions - I can highly recommend this work. I liked the author's intimate portrayal of her relationship with her husband and her refrain from romanticizing places she has visited. Ms. Fredston provides a refreshing view into an "alternative" lifestyle. She is one tough cookie.
Rowing To Latitude:Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge November 28, 2001
Lois S. Dubin (New York, New York USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rowing To Latitude is a privilege and joy to read. Jill Fredston's eloquent, lively writing allows us to intimately experience-physically and spiritually-- her remarkable arctic rowing journeys. Fredston's authenticity at every level gives the book a unique cohesiveness. I was inspired by her wholeness of thought and being, her bravery, her loving (and rowing) partnership with her husband Doug, her tributes to her parents. And she tells a great story. I read a few pages of the book every night,so that I could go to sleep with her incandescent images of landscapes, sea creatures, and arctic light. Jill Fredston reminds us of all that is truly important. I cannot think of a book more relevant in these troubled times than Rowing to Latitude. I will give a copy to everyone that I love.
Rowing To Latitude:Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge November 28, 2001
Lois S. Dubin (New York, New York USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Rowing To Latitude is a privilege and joy to read. Jill Fredston's eloquent, lively writing allows us to intimately experience-physically and spiritually-- her remarkable arctic rowing journeys. Fredston's authenticity at every level gives the book a unique cohesiveness. I was inspired by her wholeness of thought and being, her bravery, her loving (and rowing) partnership with her husband Doug, her tributes to her parents. And she tells a great story. I read a few pages of the book every night,so that I could go to sleep with her incandescent images of landscapes, sea creatures, and arctic light. Jill Fredston reminds us of all that is truly important. I cannot think of a book more relevant in these troubled times than Rowing to Latitude. I will give a copy to everyone that I love.
Incredible person - Incredible life November 13, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Wow.Jill Fredston is the kind of person we all would like to be, living the life we all would like to live. She certainly has not wasted any of it. In the winter she and her husband work as avalanche experts among the big Alaska avalanches and run most of the mountain rescue operations in Alaska. In summer, they disappear for as much as 3 months at a time on extended sea kayaking expeditions along the arctic coasts of North America, Norway and Spitzbergen. After a life of hundreds of close encounters with big bears, dangerous ocean crossings, big waves, big storms and avalanches, yes, she certainly has something to say. While most other people collect their sponsorships, do a 2-month expedition, then go on a speaking and writing tour, Jill and Doug live it as their life. Only after 15 years of adventures, she collects it all into a book. This is nature writing and adventure writing at its best.
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