In 1981, Nigel Foster flew to Canada’s Baffin Island to begin a solo
kayak trip south toward northern Labrador. After crossing the 40-mile
wide Hudson Strait in howling winds and fighting a 10 knot tide race,
Foster crash-landed on a small island in the dark. He had frostbitten
fingers and was 300 miles from the closest village. With unimaginable
good fortune, eight days later he ran across an oil tanker and hitched
a ride south. He had survived—marking one of the most notable solo
crossings in history—but the failure of the second portion of the
trip he had originally planned haunted him. In 2004, Foster returned
to northern Labrador with his then girlfriend (now wife) Kristin
Nelson. Launching from Kuujjuaq in Northern Quebec, the couple paddled
the Ungava Bay coast—which has one of the largest tidal variances in
the world—to the place Foster had boarded the oil tanker 23 years
earlier. From this remote location, the couple completed the trip to
Nain that Foster originally planned for 1981. They encountered more
polar bears than people. The story of the two trips forms the backbone
for On Polar Tides—Originally self-published as Stepping Stones in
2009—which offers an intimate and insightful view of Ungava and
Labrador. The new, revised edition includes gripping recollections of
the polar adventures and 54 color photographs.
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ISBN
9781493025695
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Falcon Guides
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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