Over my head
Subtitle: journeys in leaky boats from the Strait of Magellan to Cape Horn and beyond
By: Margaret Winslow
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781475954326; 9781475954319
Subjects: Geologists; Anecdotes
Description: "In her fascinating travel memoir, Winslow offers a compelling glimpse into her misadventures as an inexperienced geologist as she begins pioneering field research in southern South America. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Winslow details her unforgettable experiences that include clinging to a ledge alone as the tide rises over her boot tops, facing near-death experiences with killer whales, and encountering an antediluvian creature with a cavernous mouth and yellow teeth-all while tracing her evolution from an ill-prepared beginner to a competent leader. Over My Head captures one woman's historic journeys into uncharted fjords and trackless forests as she attempts to navigate through the almost exclusively male world of field geology and discovers she must learn to rely on her own inner compass in order to survive."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Voyage of the Hero; title: Vikings I; title: Vikings II; title: Vikings III; title: Antarctica; title: Epilogue: the Earth is flat.