num_pages: 288
description: National bestseller A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape from Canada's greatest living explorer.In the spring of 2017 Adam Shoalts bestselling author and adventurer set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where in our increasingly interconnected digital world it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a single road or even see another human being.Between his starting point in Eagle Plains Yukon Territory to his destination in Baker Lake Nunavut lies a maze of obstacles: shifting ice floes swollen rivers fog-bound lakes and gale-force storms. And Shoalts must time his departure by the breakup of the spring ice then sprint across nearly 4000 kilometers of rugged wild terrain to arrive before winter closes in.He travels alone up raging rivers that only the most expert white-water canoeists dare travel even downstream. He must portage across fields of jagged rocks that stretch to the horizon and navigate labyrinths of swamps tormented by clouds of mosquitoes every step of the way. And the race against the calendar means that he cannot afford the luxuries of rest or of making mistakes. Shoalts must trek tirelessly well into the endless Arctic summer nights at times not even pausing to eat.But his reward is the adventure of a lifetime.Heart-stopping wonder-filled and attentive to the majesty of the natural world Beyond the Trees captures the ache for adventure that afflicts us all.
language: English
title: Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
publisher: Allen Lane