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| If you're serious about heading north to work in Alaska, definitely check out these books! We have picked out the very best titles for enhancing your trip. Our bookstore is in partnership with
Amazon.com. Reviews are provided courtesy of Amazon.com. | | Travel in Alaska | Adventuring in Alaska (4th Ed)
by Peggy Wayburn |
Synopsis
This adventure guide to the biggest state opens with a compelling statistic: to see the entirety of Alaska, you would need to visit approximately 1 million acres per day for an entire year. To explore a state so vast requires an equally comprehensive resource. Peggy Wayburn's Adventuring in Alaska delivers, providing--by region--loads of general nature and recreational- oriented
information as well as quirky Alaska-specific details. Read about bush pilots and the "Bear Essentials," or consider permafrost, a chilly reminder that 80 percent of the state is covered with frozen soil. The state's rich cultural and historical past is discussed throughout the book. For each region a map is included, as well as detailed listings of transportation, lodging, wilderness activities, and parks (phone numbers and addresses are often included).
Paperback - 384 pages 4th edition (June 1998) | | Lonely Planet Alaska (6th Ed)
by Jim Dufresne | Synopsis
Lonely Planet is at
its guidebook best when it's covering isolated regions where those little details of shelter, food, and transportation are of more than passing concern. Just the section on Denali National Park alone makes Jim DuFresne's guide worthwhile, illuminating the complex new rules governing access to that sensational wildlife reserve, plus giving information on dogsled demonstrations, hiking, rafting, backpacking, and so on. The sections on climate, geography, and ecology are very well done,
as are the chapters on the Alaskan people and society. The transportation chapters are vital and comprehensive, and the rest of the guide follows suit, covering all of Alaska (no little task) with reliable acumen, information, and savvy.
Paperback - 456 pages 6th edition (August 2000) | | Alaska Off the Beaten Path, 2nd Edition
by Melissa Devaughn, Mike Alaska Miller | Synopsis
For travelers looking to avoid the crowd, this guide will help them discover the unique "must-see" attractions of the Last Frontier State. Go beyond the usual tourist attractions to discover such hidden
treasures as Starrigavan Estuary, Valdez Museum, or Harding Lake. Whatever you do when you get to Alaska, get off the interstate-and take this book with you!
Paperback - 224 pages 2nd edition (August 1999) | | Alaska Stories | |
Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas
by Spike Walker | Synopsis
Now in paperback, a dramatic insider's account of the world's most dangerous profession: king-crab fishing in the frigid waters of the Bering Sea
where the conditions are beyond most imaginations (90 mph Arctic winds, 25-foot seas, and superhuman stretches of on-deck labor). But the payback, if one survives, can be tens of thousands of dollars for a month-long season. Photographs.
Paperback - (April 1993) 279 pages | | Nights of Ice
by Spike Walker | Synopsis
Addicts of true adventure tales will find few more exciting collections than this account of eight battles fought by men against the sea off the coast of Alaska between 1980 and 1994. Walker (Working on the Edge) has been a crewman on crab and salmon boats for nine
years. And knows many of those who survived the ordeals he describes here so vividly.
Paperback - (March 1999) 224 pages | | Going to Extremes
by Joe McGinniss | Synopsis
This magnificently written narrative about The Last Frontier is pretty dead-on and holds up after 20 odd years later.
Paperback 285 pages, Reissue edition (October 1989) | | Coming into the Country
by John McPhee | Synopsis
Residents of the Lower 48 sometimes imagine Alaska as a snow-covered land of igloos, oil pipelines, and polar bears. But Alaska is far more complex geographically, culturally, ecologically, and politically than most Americans know, and few writers are as capable of capturing this complexity as John McPhee. In Coming into the Country, McPhee describes his
travels through much of the state with bush pilots, prospectors, and settlers, as well as politicians and businesspeople who have their eyes set on a very different future for the state.
Paperback Reissue edition (April 1991) | | Fishing Information | Boats of Alaska; An Artist's Guide to Alaska's Commercial Fishing Boats
by Pedro Denton, Clem Tilliom | Synopsis
Unlike most boat books, the paintings in this book show boats at work in their natural environment. Sketches show, at a glance, how commercial boats catch
fish and the handy pictorial guide allows you to quickly identify what the boats you see do and how they do it. The fish index can be used to determine how various species are caught.
Paperback - 80 pages (July 1998) | | The Complete Book of
Fishing Knots: Fundamental Knots/Loop Knots/Joining Knots/Hook, Lure, Swivel and Sinker Knots, Other Useful Knots
by Geoffrey Budworth | Synopsis
A well-tied knot can mean the difference between success and failure for fishermen--and nothing is more frustrating to an angler than losing the prize of a day or of a lifetime because of carelessness or an ill-chosen knot. The
Complete Book of Fishing Knots contains easy-to-follow expert instruction for all fishermen on how to tie eighty important knots. Clear color illustrations guide you step-by-step through the various stages of tying each knot correctly and provide the assurance that it will hold. All knots have specific uses for the fisherman--to attach fly or lure to line, leader to leader, leader to line, line to backing, and scores of others. Thus the well-versed fisherman of any sort, fresh- or saltwater,
will want to understand the best way to tie such knots as the Cinch, the Improved Cinch, the Blood Knot, the Albright Knot, the popular and reliable Surgeon's Knot, and such complex knots as the Bimini Twist, as well as many others. In addition to its state-of-the-art knot-tying techniques, the book contains a comprehensive glossary of terms to guide all fishermen through the complexities of the different types of materials and how to join them.
Hardcover - 160 pages (August 1999) |
| Nautical Knots and Lines Illustrated: The Essentials of Smart Line Handling, Knotting, and Splicing-In Color
by Paul Snyder, Arthur Snyder (Contributor) | Synopsis
This completely revised edition of the Synders' classic Knots and Lines Illustrated teaches the 20 most useful knots and splices with step-by-step sequential photographs. Each knot receives two facing pages, so the reader never has to flip a page to figure out where to tuck the rope end next. Features a lay flat binding for easy use. The bowline, reef knot, sheetbend, clove hitch, and others are all here, of course, as well as such deliciously
obscure gems as the carrick bend, the stevedore knot, and the rope-to-chain splice. Using vivid full-color photos imbued with the romance of boating, Nautical Knots & Linens Illustrated goes beyond knots to demonstrate how to coil halyards and sheets, make up gasket coils for stowage, handle docklines, heave a line, fix winch overrides, tow dinghies, and more. There is also a color gallery of knots in use on boats, making this book a pleasure to hold as well as to study.
Paperback - 96 pages (December 1996) |
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