Lost And Found In Alaska A True Story Of Survival And Miracles On Kodiak Island And Elsewhere

Author : Bruce LaChance
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1977224296

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Lost and Found In Alaska: A True Story of Survival and Miracles on Kodiak Island...and Elsewhere by Bruce LaChance Pdf

Growing up loving to hunt, Bruce LaChance decided to seek his greatest adventure yet: to hunt a giant brown bear on his own. What followed was a tale not only of adventure but of tragedy and redemption through faith. On leave from his US Navy base on Kodiak Island, twenty-year-old LaChance set out in late September 1964 for the extreme danger of the Alaskan wilderness. He struggled alone for nearly two weeks, during which he lost thirty pounds and an inch in height. Along the way, he never lost faith in himself, however. Later in life, he would again find himself lost but in a different kind of wilderness, though one every bit as deadly--that of alcoholism. Only through belief in a Higher Power was he able to survive both wildernesses, and in so doing, find contentment, faith, and true love. Lost and Found in Alaska: A True Story of Survival and Miracles on Kodiak Island...and Elsewhere will help every reader become aware of his or her Higher Power. That Power resides within them, and always has, and if they are willing to surrender to it, they can find serenity.

Author : Steve Tyler
Publisher : Luminare Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1643887424

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Cold Summers by Steve Tyler Pdf

"...This adventure came at a time in my life when I had no place left to go. The large part of a surveyor's work is to locate himself on the earth, and maybe that's why I took the job." For more than a dozen seasons, author Steve Tyler toiled as a land surveyor in the Alaskan wilderness, from rain-drenched Ketchikan to Kodiak Island, from the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea to Anaktuvuk Pass, gateway to the Arctic. Bear attack survival was standard training and in the remotest sites the crews entrusted their lives to bush pilots, some saner than others. Surrounded by men half his age, a misfit among misfits, Tyler carved out a space to reflect on all his life's misadventures, recording moments of hilarity and horror, devastating sadness and jaw-dropping beauty.

Author : Harry B. Dodge
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781449056001

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Kodiak Tales by Harry B. Dodge Pdf

The author tells 8 short stories from Alaska's history and then 5 personal accounts of life in the Alaskan backcountry.

Author : B. Blanc
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983614890

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Kodiak Hero by B. Blanc Pdf

Based on a story of survival of an Alaskan plane crash which left Donald and Afton Blanc and several passengers alone and abandoned on a rocky and unreachable mountaintop. With the airplane on fire, the pilot incapacitated with two broken legs, a dying copilot, a little boy, and two pregnant woman, Donald Blanc works to signal search and rescue. In a wreck like this, survival is near impossible. The Coast Guard doesn't believe there could be survivors. With thick fog and worsening conditions and a reluctant search and rescue team, how can the ordinary man do the extraordinary to save six lives when all seems lost? The Kodiak Hero follows the efforts of Donald Blanc and the first responders who risked life and limb to save those who should have been left for dead.

Author : Bill Ridgway
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0748760687

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Lost in Alaska by Bill Ridgway Pdf

A three-day journey for four members of the Wortman family took two months - and they were lucky to get back at all.

Author : Jennifer Niven
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401304423

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Ada Blackjack by Jennifer Niven Pdf

From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman--who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband--conquered the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone after her male companions had perished. Following her triumphant return to civilization, the international press proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion--after charges were published falsely accusing her of causing the death of one her companions--did she speak up for herself. Jennifer Niven has created an absorbing, compelling history of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the frozen north--it is the story of a hero.

Author : Jennifer Hellings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1987985311

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Twenty-Seven Years in Alaska by Jennifer Hellings Pdf

Twenty-Seven Years in Alaska is the story of one woman's adventures in the remote wilderness of the north. From canoe camping next to unnamed lakes, to kayaking in Alaska's pristine waters, she describes her many encounters with the bears, moose and other animals that make this wilderness their home. With her partner David she helped to build a cabin on a remote piece of property, off the grid and accessible only by boat. Illustrated with the photos she took along the way, her story is sometimes comic, and sometimes tragic, but throughout its pages she speaks with the voice of one who loves nature and the wilderness.

Author : Andy Nault
Publisher : Tee Loftin Pubs
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0934812012

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Staying Alive in Alaska's Wild by Andy Nault Pdf

Author's account of his adventures in the wilds of Alaska. Includes the stories of the wolverine war, seal hunting on Tugidak and Kamishak, Queen of the wolves.

Author : Norma Cobb,Charles W. Sasser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429972208

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Arctic Homestead by Norma Cobb,Charles W. Sasser Pdf

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine years old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans twenty to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers, attempt to burn them out, shoot them and jump their claim. The Cobbs were chechakos, tenderfeet, in a lost land that consumed even toughened settlers. Everything, including their "civilized" past, conspired to defeat them. They constructed a cabin--and first snow collapsed the roof. They built too near the creek and spring breakup threatened to flood them out. Bears prowled the nearby woods, stalking the children and Lester Cobb would leave for months at a time in search of work. But through it all, they survived on the strength of Norma Cobb--a woman whose love for her family knew no bounds and whose courage in the face of mortal danger is an inspiration to us all. Arctic Homestead is her story.

Author : D. D. Fisher
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781456606596

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Elbow Room by D. D. Fisher Pdf

Set on a misty remote island in the Gulf of Alaska, a young couple struggles to establish roots on the rugged mountainous terrain of a small fishing community. From humorous fishing excursions and frightening bear encounters to snow blinding blizzards and quirky characters, they come face to face with the unpredictable Mother Nature and learn the value of friendship, survival, and solitude in a picturesque but harsh life by the sea. Packed with adventures, challenges, and true Alaskan lifestyle.

Author : Steve Descloux
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781684561940

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Two Tales of Old Kodiak by Steve Descloux Pdf

Let this author take you back with a couple memories to an earlier, wilder Kodiak, Alaskawhen the seafood industry was booming and the town never went to sleep, when trappers were popular and often sold most of their prime furs to the locals and tourists, when the churches and the bars ran neck and neck in number and the congregation was always greatest in the latter. The "Wreck of the Rustler" will give the reader a feel for what living on Kodiak Island meant in the 1950s and '60s and take a few boat rides around the island, one of which became a terrifying nightmare for the four young boys aboard when the skipper and other adults drank too much whiskey. The boat plowed into a rockpile on a windy Christmas night and began taking on water. For hours, impending death loomed in their thoughts as they helped in the fight to save the vessel and aid toward their eventual rescue by Coast Guard helicopters. "Confessions of a Seal Hunter" is a descriptive recollection of a small-scale commercial seal hunt down the east side of Kodiak Island during which an untried boy took his first steps into manhood, learning the skills of work and survival as he followed his skipper down the island in a small skiff; dreading his first kill with the club, learning to skin the seals and care for the hides; working brutal, long hours every day to help increase the catch; and learning that a workingman was expected to carry his share of the load no matter how tired, wet, and cold he was.

Author : Larry Kaniut
Publisher : Epicenter Press (WA)
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0945397615

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Cheating Death by Larry Kaniut Pdf

Alaska's best-known storyteller offers a chilling collection of survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters & fisherman who confront their mortality & find within themselves the courage & ingenuity to cheat death. Among others, the stories tell of a young man desperately clinging to life on an iceberg in the Susitna River; a woman struggling to escape the cockpit of a small plane sinking beneath the waters of a remote bay; two climbers fighting stubbornly to survive as an avalanche sweeps over them; & a diver engaging in a three-hour tug-of-war with an octopus. Here are true stories of Bush pilots, hikers, hunters, and others who faced death in the Alaska wilderness -- and lived to tell about it.

Author : Bonnie Ward
Publisher : Samuel Tree Publishing, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 0692414088

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Winds of Skilak by Bonnie Ward Pdf

Leaving behind friends, family, and life as they know it, the Wards embark on a journey into the Alaskan wilderness that will change them forever. Three-time award winning author Bonnie Rose Ward chronicles an exciting and thought-provoking tale of one couple's faith in God and dedication to each other through all of Alaska's curveballs.

Author : Bonnie Rose Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 0999698702

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Winds of Skilak by Bonnie Rose Ward Pdf

Winds of Skilak: The Continuing Saga of One Couple's Adventures and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness continues the journey of Bonnie Rose Ward as a "wilderness wife" and her tough-as-nails husband Sam in the stark, challenging, and exhilarating wilds of Alaska. Imagine canning a whole moose. One thousand pounds of meat, critical to survival through the brutal winter on an island in Alaska. And doing it in a home with no electricity, no plumbing, and no refrigeration. For the Wards, this is just another ordinary task in an environment that can be unforgiving of mistakes but immensely rewarding to those willing to embrace the work of creating a home in a harsh but beautiful land. In this sequel, Sam and Bonnie are thriving, building getaway cabins and continuing to joyfully tackle life on a remote, isolated island on Skilak Lake, where williwaw winds can whip up suddenly and without warning, and wicked storms can blow for weeks. In an era before cell phones and internet, their ability to communicate with the rest of the world, accessible only by boat or plane, is at the whim of the temperamental lake. Then, just as they are about to achieve a new dream, one of the largest man-made, environmental disasters strikes, altering their lives and threatening their livelihood and idyllic life. Will the love and devotion between Bonnie and Sam be enough for them to survive, or will Alaska finally win? From the awe-inspiring beauty of the Northern Lights, to terrifying accidents and strangers, to a Christmas miracle, this is a testament of courage and inspiration to anyone born with a wild longing in their hearts. Through sorrows and joys, love and loss, God's hand is always present in their lives as Bonnie shares her chronicle of faith, survival, and beauty in an untamed land few others will ever know.

Author : Billy Bryan Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Alaska
ISBN : OCLC:1300778874

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One Wave at a Time by Billy Bryan Brown Pdf