Description
| Product ID: | 9781101985120 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Tip of the Iceberg |
| Subtitle: | My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier |
| Authors: | Author: Mark Adams |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Travel writing, Travel writing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu recreates a historic expedition into Alaska, America''s last frontier. In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organised a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury ''floating university,'' populated by some of America''s best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. More than a hundred years later, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Along the way, he encounters dozens of unusual characters (and a couple of very hungry bears) and investigates how lessons learned in 1899 might relate to Alaska''s current struggles in adapting to climate change. |
| Imprint Name: | E P Dutton & Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-05-28 |
