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Caroline Van Hemert, an ornithologist who loved the outdoors, was frustrated with so many hours in the lab as she finished her PhD. Her husband, Pat Farrell, an artist, home designer, and builder, shared her avid interest in outdoor adventures. They planned a 4,000 mile trip starting from Bellingham, Washington, heading north through Canada and Alaska, and then west through the Arctic to Kotzebue. The six-month journey was self-powered by foot, rowing, skiing, and rafting, as well as occasional
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A very impressive accomplishment! The characters are so far beyond my abilities it was almost like another world. The story was mostly interesting, but ... I didn't enjoy it as much as I have other adventure accounts, not sure why, maybe too much about birds and not enough details about day to day survival.
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