Authors talk about the sweat, toil and torture of writing.
Of getting all those thoughts and feelings down on paper. Starkell is best known for the compelling Paddle to the Amazon about the 12,000 mile canoe trip from Winnipeg to Brazil. This book concerns Starkell's three year attempt to paddle by sea kayak from Churchill Manitoba to Tuktoyuktuk at the mouth of the Mackenzie River. Starkell started his journey as a solo effort in 1990 and within a couple of days of paddling the treacherous coast north of Churchill had dumped in chilly Hudson Bay and came very close to dying. The pair gave it a go next June and attempted to pull their sleds from Repulse to Pelly or Spence Bays but lasted only one day before Victoria gave up.