{"product_id":"alone-against-the-north-an-expedition-into-the-unknown","title":"Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown","description":"Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award\nWinner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction\n\nAdam Shoalts was no stranger to the wilderness. He had hacked his way through jungles, stared down bears and climbed mountains. But, one spot on the map called out to him irresistibly. Cutting through the forbidding landscape of the Hudson Bay Lowlands is a river no hunter, no explorer, has left any record of paddling. It was this river that Shoalts was obsessively determined to explore.\n\nWhat Shoalts discovered as he paddled downriver appeared in no satellite imagery or map: a series of waterfalls that could easily have killed him. Just as astonishing was the media reaction when he got back to civilization. He was crowned \"Canada's Indiana Jones\" and was feted by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and congratulated by the governor general. Shoalts had proved that the world is bigger than we think.\n\nGripping and often poetic, Alone Against the North is a classic adventure story of single-minded obsession, physical hardship, and the restless sense of wonder that every explorer has in common. Shoalts's story makes it clear that the world can become known only by setting out into the unfamiliar, where every step is different from the one before and something you may never have imagined lies around the next curve in the river.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 014319397X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UI5600CZMJ_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shoalts, Adam\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331193438269,"sku":"31UI5600CZMJ_ns","price":6.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/014319397X-0.jpg?v=1783540695","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/alone-against-the-north-an-expedition-into-the-unknown","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}