Alone Across the Arctic

by Flowers, Pam

• ISBN13: 9780882405391
• ISBN10: 088240539X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books

Summary

In February 1993, eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. "Along Across the Arctic" chronicles this astounding expedition.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	3	(6)
Map	6	(3)
I Beginnings
Doggie Dreams	9	(7)
Meet the Team	16	(5)
II Training
Prudhoe Base Camp	21	(6)
First Training Run: Bullen	27	(4)
Second Training Run: Point Brownlow	31	(4)
Final Training Run: Barrow	35	(5)
III The Expedition: Across Alaska
Dog Singing	40	(4)
Big, Black, Furry Wolf	44	(2)
Good-bye, Prudhoe	46	(7)
Good-bye, Alaska	53	(5)
IV The Expedition: Across Canada
Old Dog	58	(4)
Mackenzie Maze	62	(3)
Dogs on Strike	65	(2)
Runaway Dogs	67	(1)
Polar Bear Scare	68	(4)
Sad and Cold	72	(1)
Sojo Barks Back	73	(1)
Halfway	74	(4)
Rain	78	(2)
Douggie Disappears	80	(3)
Queen Maud Misery	83	(8)
Decision	91	(3)
Rest and Recovery	94	(6)
Back on the Trail	100	(4)
Close Call with Hypothermia	104	(2)
Nightmare Ice	106	(2)
Pelly Bay Christmas	108	(1)
Can't Stop Us Now!	109	(6)
Epilogue	115	(1)
Expedition Supply List	116	(1)
Glossary	117	(2)
Index	119