cross-country skiing

Still adjusting to life with diabetes, Emily and her diabetic alert dog go on a backcountry ski trip with her dad--but when an avalanche separates her from her father Emily is faced with a struggle for survival, especially after her food and insulin runs out.

Contains descriptions of fifty hikes in central New York, ranging from half-day walks for families to overnight circuits for campers or backpackers, each with commentary on geology, history, land use, and other topics, and includes maps, photographs, and notes on total distance, hiking time, and vertical rise.

Gives instructions for using the new skating techniques in cross-country skiing and offers guidance in equipment selection, waxing, racing, and general training.

An introduction to the winter Olympic sport of Nordic skiing, exploring the history and economics of the sport.

An illustrated introduction to cross-country skiing that provides information on technique, equipment, safety, and more.

A very simple introduction to the sport of cross-country skiing, the equipment used, and how it is done.

When he becomes lost in the mountains, a cat with the unusual ability of walking on two legs finds his way home on cross-country skis.

Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorologist, took two months off from all human contact as she became the first woman -- and only the third person in history - to ski across the entire continent of Antarctica alone. She did it with the simple apparatus of cross-country, without the aids used by her prededecessors - two Norwegian men -- each of whom employed either parasails or kites. Aston's journey across the ice at the bottom of the world asked of her the extremes in terms of mental and physical bravery, as she faced the risks of hypothermia and unseen cracks buried in the snow so large they might engulf her. She had to deal with her emotional vulnerability in face of the constant bombardment of hallucinations, brought on by the vast sea of whiteness which caused the lack of stimulation to her senses, as she faced what is tantamount to a form of solitary confinement.