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National Geographic Treasures Of alaska:the Last Great american Wilderness
[Paperback - 2010]
jeff rennicke
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Publisher: National Geographic | ISBN: 9781426205873 | Pages: 200
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This new look at Alaska as the destination for wilderness experience in America celebrates the many lives and unique landscapes that make up the vast and storied land. The book captures Alaska’s splendor with an astonishing combination of prose and photographs—from mountain ranges glittering with glaciers to lush forests and wetlands teeming with wildlife to fjords exploding with the barks of seals.

Visiting the places and people whose natures are true to the spirit of this still wild frontier, Rennicke and Melford follow a dogsled team up a frozen mountain river in search of an Alaskan Eden; hike along active volcanoes that brim and boil in the Aleutian Islands; summit Mount McKinley with a double-amputee bush pilot in a triumph of spirit and determination over the mountain that almost killed him; and journey back through Alaska’s human history, to the times of the Gold Rush miners, totem pole carvers, and nomadic hunters who crossed the Bering Land Bridge and discovered a new land.

From grizzlies to glaciers, gold fields to ice fields, fishing boats to northern lights, Treasures of Alaska uncovers the wild heart and the endless challenge that make Alaska a land of enduring beauty and undying dreams.

About the Author

The search for stories has taken Jeff Rennicke to many of the wildest places on five continents -- crawling into the dens of hibernating black bears in Colorado, hang gliding over North Carolina's Outer Banks, river rafting in China, exploring the Antarctic peninsula on a Russian research vessel, searching the canyons of Utah for hidden rock art, kayaking alone down the rivers of Alaska's Brooks Range, skiing through Minnesota's BWCAW at -30 degrees, and shooting the rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon by dory.Those adventures and the perspective gained from a lifetime of travel enrich and inspire his award-winning writing, his popular motivational speeches, and pack his teaching and workshops with wit and insight.He is the author of over 300 magazine articles for such publications as National Geographic Traveler, Backpacker, Reader's Digest, National Geographic Adventure, National Parks magazine and many others. His writing on destinations all over the world has twice been awarded Gold Medals for Excellence in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism competition sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers and has been featured in anthologies such as Best Adventure Writing (Avalon Books).Jeff Rennicke is also the author or co-author of ten books including Isle Royale (Winner of the prestigious "Director's Award" for best book on a national park), Jewels on the Water: Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands, and Treasures of Alaska: The Last Great American Wilderness published by the National Geographic Society.As a storyteller, Jeff Rennicke has become a popular teacher at Conserve School, a unique environmentally-oriented college prep boarding school in Wisconsin’s northwoods. His stories and ability to inspire have also made him a popular workshop facilitator and motivational speaker. His programs to conferences and workshops all over the country are packed with stories of grizzly encounters, tales of shooting the rapids of wild rivers, and the human need for a connection with the natural world around us. Whether speaking to the myriad of global environmental issues we face today or telling a tale of backcountry adventure, "Jeff Rennicke's voice is informed, insightful and lyric," says Kevin Klose, formerly of The Washington Post, now president and CEO of National Public Radio.

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