Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team
with Ann Dixon
“Pam spurned conventional rewards, entrusted her dream to eight powerful huskies, and set out alone to cross the Arctic. . . .a most extraordinary journey.” —Sir Ranulph Fiennes, renowned adventurer
Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. Alone Across the Arctic chronicles this astounding expedition. For an entire year, Pam Flowers and her dogs made this epic journey across North America arctic coast. The first woman to make this trip solo, Pam endures and deals with intense blizzards, melting pack ice, and a polar bear. Yet in the midst of such danger, Pam also relishes the time alone with her beloved team. Their survival—her survival—hinges on that mutual trust and love.
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Book details
- Author
- Pam Flowers, Ann Dixon
- Imprint
- Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 120
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Travel › Polar Regions
Travel › Essays & Travelogues
Travel › Special Interest › Adventure - Topics
- Arctic exploration · dogsledding · solo travel · wilderness survival · Alaska · travel memoir · women adventurers · sled dogs
- ISBN-13
- 9781943328109 (Hardcover)9780882408361 (Paperback)
About the author
PAM FLOWERS is the fourteenth recipient of the Gold Medal from the Society of Woman Geographers and the author of Ordinary Dogs, Extraordinary Friendships, Ellie’s Long Walk, Hug a Husky, Douggie, and, with Ann Dixon, Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman’s Epic Journey by Dog Team and Big-Enough Anna.
Flowers was named Outsider of the Year by Outside Magazine.
When she’s not writing, Flowers has participated in nine Arctic expeditions, completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, and spoken to more than 700,000 students at over 1,200 schools, as well as at the Smithsonian, the St. Louis Science Center, and hundreds of public libraries.