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Alone across the Arctic
one woman's epic journey by dog team
By Flowers, Pam & Dixon, Ann
- ISBN
- 978-0-88240-539-1
- Publisher
- Anchorage, Alaska : Alaska Northwest Books, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2001
Gr 5-10 With a young dogsled team, no sponsors, and no spare lead dog, Flowers set out to fulfill a lifelong dream to retrace, in reverse, a 1923-24 expedition by Norwegian explorer Knud Rasmussen and two Inuit companions, who traveled the length of the North American coast by dog team. If Flowers succeeded, she would be the first female and first American to mush that route solo. Using a balanced content of narrative, journal entries, boxed information bits, and numerous photographs, Flowers, with Di...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
