The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island
Author(s):
Kobalenko, Jerry
Copyright: 2002, US
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xx, 277, 10 color & 32 bw photos, 8 maps, blue/white cloth
Condition: signed, dj & cloth new.
Ellesmere Island, only 450 miles from the North Pole, is well known to Kobalenko who has traversed much of its terrain. His book, part historical and part journal, bring this forbidding place to life. A nice read about an area which received little literary attention. Winner 2002 Banff Mountain Book Festival Best Book Adventure Travel.