True North Journeys Into the Great Northern Ocean

by Arms, Myron

• ISBN13: 9780942679335
• ISBN10: 0942679334
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Upper Access, Inc.

Summary

From the fiords of northern Labrador to the ice fields of western Greenland, from the outports of Newfoundland to the tiny fishing villages of Iceland and the Faroe Isles, best-selling author and lifelong sailor Myron Arms chronicles the experience of two-and-a-half decades of voyaging into some of the most remote destinations on Earth.Thought-provoking and environmentally savvy, True North expresses one man¿s fierce determination ¿to encounter the natural world, to live deliberately within it, to strive to minimize one¿s footprint upon it, and to bear witness to it before it is altered irretrievably¿before it is lost.

Author Biography

Myron Arms is writer, lecturer, and professional small-boat sailor. His previous books include the best-seller Riddle of the Ice, and more recently Servants of the Fish. He has published numerous articles in Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing, and many other sailing and adventure magazines. Readers may sample his other writing and sailing adventures at www.myronarms.com .