Midnight Sun, Arctic Moon

by Albanese, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781935347170
• ISBN10: 1935347179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-01
• Publisher: Epicenter Pr

Summary

A young upstate New York woman begins an adventure of a life-time as she moves away from her safe and conventional path. She is unable to resist the excitement and challenge of a chance to become a geological explorer in Alaska, where she maps remote wilderness areas and journeys to the depths of her own heart. A memoir that is full of rich and eccentric characters with human failings. This landscape reveals the courage and sacrifice of the author's "family" of visionary explorers who mapped the wild state. Surviving dangers most people will never face, the author persists in the face of hardships and loss. Framed against the backdrop of Alaska's raw beauty, it is an inspiring story of achievement and hope, told with gentle humor, compassionate grace, and above all, an abiding respect for America's last frontier.

Author Biography

Mary Albanese, a former arctic geological explorer, is an author, artist, and scriptwriter. She currently resides in England.

Table of Contents

Map	p. 8
Foreword	p. 11
Preface	p. 13
Big Dreams	p. 17
North	p. 20
Finding My Way	p. 23
Sky over Toolik	p. 29
Amazing Grace	p. 35
McKinley Retreat	p. 43
Dead of Winter	p. 48
Thesis Blues	p. 51
Deals within Deals	p. 55
A Shotgun Named Sally	p. 60
Starving Gary	p. 64
Sold for a Steak	p. 70
Who Stole My Weasel?	p. 73
Field Theory of Relativity	p. 78
The Bog	p. 88
Duke Apartments	p. 92
Lords, Ladies and Strangers	p. 109
Frontier Honeymoon	p. 113
Kozy Cabin	p. 116
In My Defense	p. 125
Mister Lucky	p. 131
The Fossil Doctors	p. 134
Jeff's Hush-Hush News	p. 140
Enter the Legend	p. 145
Livengood	p. 148
Endless Summer	p. 155
A New Kind of Adventure	p. 158
Frontier Lottery	p. 168
The Chuilnuks	p. 172
Kicking Down Doors	p. 187
The Price of Choice	p. 193
Farewell	p. 198
Albanese Family Photo Collection	p. 97
Albanese Family Photo Collection	p. 175
Epilogue	p. 203
Acknowledgments	p. 207
Index	p. 209
Readers' Group Questions	p. 213
About the Author	p. 215
Reading Recommendations	p. 216
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