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Death on the Barrens

By Grinnell, George James

Death on the Barrens Social Sciences

Death on the Barrens

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Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell was one of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led by experienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned and executed, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring the approaching winter, the men became entranced with the peace and beauty of the arctic in autumn. As winter closed in, they suddenly faced numbing cold and dwindling food. When the crew is swept over a waterfall, Moffatt is killed and most of the gear and emergency food supplies destroyed. Confronting freezing conditions and near starvation, the remaining crew struggled to make it back to civilization. For Grinnell, the three-month expedition was both a rite of passage and a spiritual odyssey. In the Barrens, he lost his sense of identity and what he had been conditioned to think about society and himself. Forever changed by the experience, he unsparingly describes how the expedition influenced his adult life and what powerful insights he was able to glean from this life-altering experience.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
296
Release Date:
2010-04-20
Publication Date:
2010-04-20
Publisher:
North Atlantic Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1556438826
ISBN13:
9781556438820
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
478 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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