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Northern Wilderness is a stunning celebration of one of earth's great wildernesses. Ray Mears journeys on foot, by canoe and by snowshoe through mountains, forests, tundra and ice in a land where roads are still scarce. He explores the vast Boreal Forest and its rich animal life from beavers to bears. He travels across the Hudson Bay by canoe, and tells the story of the fur trade and trappers who traded with the hat manufacturers of England. Ray follows the paths of the great early northern explorers, Samuel Hearne and David Thompson, who survived through their knowledge of what we now call bushcraft, as they trekked across the tundra and the Rocky Mountains. He explores the frozen north and learns the ways of the Inuit, who teach him how to combat snow blindness and build shelter. This book is rich in bushcraft, as Ray explains the unique survival techniques of the Native Canadians and the Inuit, as well as how the prospectors in the gold rush used bushcraft skills to survive in this inhospitable but awesome landscape.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-139780340980828
eBay Product ID (ePID)87375467
Product Key Features
Book TitleNorthern Wilderness: Bushcraft of the Far North
AuthorRay Mears
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicNature, Holidays
Publication Year2009
GenreSports
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height237mm
Item Width183mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorRay Mears
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom