Finding Mars - Softcover

Rozell, Ned

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602231222 ISBN 13: 9781602231221

Verlag: University of Alaska Press, 2011

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Finding Mars is an interwoven tale of science, travel, and adventure, as science writer Ned Rozell accompanies permafrost researcher&;and inveterate wanderer&;Kenji Yoshikawa on a 750-mile trek by snowmobile through the Alaska wilderness.  Along the way, Rozell learns about Yoshikawa&;s fascinating life, from his boyhood in Tokyo to the youthful wanderlust that led him to push a wheeled cart across the Sahara, ski to the South Pole, and take a sailboat into the frozen reaches of the Arctic Ocean, spending a winter frozen in the ice near Barrow. It&;s an always on-the-move account of a man driven not just by the desire to fill in the blank spots on a map, but also to learn everything he can about them&;and a ringing testament to the power of science, enthusiasm, and individual inspiration.

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Alaskan Ned Rozell has written more than 600 weekly newspaper columns on science and natural history, and is the author of three other books, including Walking My Dog, Jane about a hike across Alaska and Alaska Tracks, a collection of outdoor adventure essays.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Alaska Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1602231222
• ISBN 13: 9781602231221
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188
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