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Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak
General: :Ebook
Format: epub
Size: 4 MB
Description: During the summers of 1991 through 1994 Victoria Jason and two companions-Fred Reffler and Don Starkell-set out to kayak from Churchill, Manitoba to Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea. When she set out in 1991, Victoria, already a grandmother of two, had been kayaking for only a year and was still recovering from the second of two strokes.
Her 7,500 km journey lasted four years. In the first year Fred dropped out due to an injury, and Victoria suffered serious internal bleeding ulcers. The second year Victoria and Don reached Gjoa Haven together, but Victoria was forced to drop out there, suffering from edema (muscle breakdown) caused by excessive fatigue. Don continued alone, and almost died from severe frostbite before being rescued by authorities just 46 miles short of Tuktoyaktuk..
Not content with failure, Victoria returned to the North the following two years and completed her triumphant journey alone from west to east, paddling from Fort Providence...
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Title: Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak
Author: Victoria Jason
Language: English
Subjects: TRV006000, SPO025000
ISBN: N/A
Total pages: N/A
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