Caroline Van Hemert
Auteur de The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
A propos de l'auteur
Caroline Van Hemert is a biologist, writer, and adventurer whose journeys have taken her from the peaks of the Coast Mountains to the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean. Her writing and research have been featured in the New York Times, Audubon, Los Angeles Times, Outside, MSNBC, and National Geographic. afficher plus She lives in Alaska with her husband and two young sons. afficher moins
Œuvres de Caroline Van Hemert
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Haines, Alaska
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 163
- Popularité
- #129,735
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 10
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 1
But we do love a good adventure story. This book has that down, which allowed me to live vicariously through Caroline Van Hemert and her husband, Patrick. I didn't find the author insufferable as can happen when an outdoor enthusiast speaks to an indoor introvert such as myself. Van Hemert is also a biologist who has studied birds, so not only did we learn about what it takes to camp in the Alaskan wilds, but we also learned about the birds and other wildlife (bears!) along the way.
Along the way, the author looks back on her life and her relationship with her husband and ponders her future. I appreciate sharing that journey with her, and there is a nice surprise in the afterword.
I also appreciated the photos included with the ebook. What a beautiful place! That I will never visit! But I can in a book!
Here are some recommendations of other books:
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Out of Africa by Isak Dinseson… (plus d'informations)