Description: This is true story of a remarkable adventure: a trip by kayak that began in April in Alaska's Glacier Bay, continued down the coast of western Canada, and concluded in September in southern Puget sound. For Byron Ricks and his wife Maren Van Nostrand it was a grueling test of physical and emotional endurance: five months spent riding a breathtaking waterway, exploring the beauty, wonders and perils of an enduring but fragile wilderness. With enthralling, evocative prose, Ricks transports the reader along with him and Maren on every leg of their incomparable expedition-sharing awe-inspiring encounters with bear, wolf and orca, and uncommon experiences with the unique individuals who inhabit and revere these lonely, endangered places. Their journey is one that will not be soon forgotten-for it is one that draws the reader deeper and deeper into a magnificent wilderness, and ever-closer to that province the heart and the spirit know as "home."

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