LEADER 03140nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910452447003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60223-164-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000106928 035 $a(EBL)1820952 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000689138 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415507 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689138 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10618107 035 $a(PQKB)10426506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1820952 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1820952 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10572677 035 $a(OCoLC)893740800 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000106928 100 $a20110816d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFinding the Arctic$b[electronic resource] $ehistory and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay /$fMatthew Sturm 210 $aFairbanks $cUniversity of Alaska Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60223-163-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction; 01. Tracks North; Ballad of the Arctic Science Bandits; Changes North; 02. Rosebud Realities; Quest's Older Cousin-The Iditarod; 03. Porcupine Hospitality; Quarantine Island; 04. Poignant Passing:The Mad Trapper of Rat River; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River?; 05. Big Mac; Snow and Ice Roads; 06. Finding the Douglas Cabin; Black Lake Ice; The Shield and the Cordilleran; Fort Confidence; 07. The Northern Cross; 08. Kugluktuk; Inuksuk; Sea Ice Going, Going, Gone; 09. The Starvation Trail; 10. The Diamond Confluence 327 $aThe Complex Calculus of Barrenlands Diamond MiningThe Oldest Rocks in the World; 11. Braided Strands: The First Interloper; Whiteout on Aylmer Lake; Whiteout on Aylmer Lake; 12. Braided Strands: The Last Refugee; Acknowledgments; Another Arctic Story; Recommended Reading; Index 330 $aThe history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. In Finding the Arctic, the accomplished arctic researcher Matthew Sturm collects some of the most memorable and moving of these stories and weaves them around his own story of a 2,500-mile snowmobile expedition across arctic Alaska and Canada.During that trip, Sturm and six companions followed a circuitous route that brought them to many of the most historic spots in the North. They stood in the footsteps of their predec 606 $aSnowmobiling$zArctic regions 607 $aArctic regions$xDescription and travel 607 $aArctic regions$xHistory 607 $aArctic regions$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSnowmobiling 676 $a796.94097 700 $aSturm$b Matthew$0955167 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452447003321 996 $aFinding the Arctic$92160593 997 $aUNINA