A trapper and his dog travel into the Caribou Mountains to rescue a naturalist and a pilot whose plane has been downed in the rugged wilderness of northern Canada.
Presents a comprehensive guide to camping, and contains information on building a fire, setting up a campsite, staking a tent, reading a map and compass, paddling a canoe or kayak, and much more.
Provides information on fifty outdoor careers, discussing what they pay, training and education requirements, the benefits and drawbacks of each job, and strategies for getting hired, and includes first-person interviews with 100 people who work in the great outdoors.
Provides photographs and information for young readers on outdoor adventures, discussing how to plan an outing, appropriate clothing and gear, outdoor cooking, navigation, observing nature, and basic skills such as using a knife, tying a knot, and first aid.
When a bitter mountain man cannot accept his twelve-year-old son's mental retardation, the boy wanders into the wilderness and finds in a stranger the father he has never had.
Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on wilderness recreation, safety, and trail etiquette, geological, botanical, and wildlife features of every state, and pioneering and contemporary naturalists, literary figures, and advocates.
Presents short stories in which adventurers find themselves on the brink of death from hypothermia, drowning, mountain sickness, avalanche, scurvy, heatstroke, falling, predators, the bends, cerebral malaria, and dehydration.
