Flying to Extremes
Memoirs of a Northern Bushpilot
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Flying to Extremes
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Lu par :
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Adam Henderson
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De :
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Dominique Prinet
Recalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ’60s and early ’70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories.
Beyond recounting so many near-mishaps, this book is also about colorful people: the trappers, prospectors, miners, adventurers and gold-ingot thieves who constituted the fauna at the main bar in Yellowknife in those days. For Arctic dreamers, there was always the flight to the Nahanni River, with its Deadman’s Valley, hot springs, tales of lost or dead prospectors, the many airplanes crashed in pursuit of gold, and much more Nahanni lore.
This entertaining book recollects Prinet’s adventures as a young man while capturing the humor, beauty, danger and unique culture of northern communities, in the dramatic landscape of the Canadian Arctic. Listeners familiar with the region and those who can only dream of visiting it will both find this title a nostalgic and captivating story.
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