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Warren, Natalie.
Hudson Bay bound.
Hudson Bay bound
[BOOK] :
two women, one dog, two thousand miles to the Arctic /
Natalie Warren ; foreword by Ann Bancroft.
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2020.
xvi, 226 pages, [12] unnuumbered pages of plates :
illustrations ;
22 cm.
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From Palms to Pines -- The Pack-Out -- Flooded Upstream -- Against the Wind -- Meet Me at the Popcorn Stand -- River Races and Role Models -- Living the Dream, Downstream -- Danger! Before the Border -- At Home on the Big Lake -- Don't Wake the Beast -- Waiting for the Wind -- Escape from Gull Harbour -- A Tale of Tiny Boats -- Windbound to Norway House -- York Boats and Dog Days -- Into the Wild -- Pancakes and Portages -- Spring Break at Hell's Gate -- Knife Rapids -- Polar Bear Paradise -- Afterword /Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho.
The remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic Canoeing with the Cree, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced unexpected trials, some harrowing, some simply odd. But for the two friends—the first women to make this expedition—there was one timeless challenge: the occasional pitfalls that test character and friendship. Warren’s spellbinding account retraces the women’s journey from inspiration to Arctic waters, giving readers an insider view from the practicalities of planning a three-month canoe expedition to the successful accomplishment of the adventure of a lifetime. Along the route we meet the people who live and work on the waterways, including denizens of a resort who supply much-needed sustenance; a solitary resident in the wilderness who helps plug a leak; and the people of the Cree First Nation at Norway House, where the canoeists acquire a furry companion. Describing the tensions that erupt between the women (who at one point communicate with each other only by note) and the natural and human-made phenomena they encounter—from islands of trash to waterfalls and a wolf pack—Warren brings us into her experience, and we join these modern women (and their dog) as they recreate this historic trip, including the pleasures and perils, the sexism, the social and environmental implications, and the enduring wonder of the wilderness.
Provided by publisher.
20210322.
Warren, Natalie
Travel
Hudson Bay.
Warren, Natalie
Travel
Minnesota.
Raiho, Ann
Travel
Hudson Bay.
Raiho, Ann
Travel
Minnesota.
Canoes and canoeing
Hudson Bay.
Canoes and canoeing
Minnesota.
Wilderness survival
Hudson Bay.
Canoeists
Minnesota
Biography.
Hudson Bay
Description and travel.
Bancroft, Anne,
1931-2005,
writer of foreword.