{"product_id":"tip-of-the-iceberg-my-3000-mile-journey-around-wild-alaska-the-last-great-american-frontier-9781101985120","title":"Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTurn Right at Machu Picchu\u003c\/i\u003e, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury \"floating university,\" populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. More than a hundred years later, Alaska is still America's most sublime wilderness, both the lure that draws one million tourists annually on Inside Passage cruises and as a natural resources larder waiting to be raided. As ever, it remains a magnet for weirdos and dreamers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Traveling town to town by water, Adams ventures three thousand miles north through Wrangell, Juneau, and Glacier Bay, then continues west into the colder and stranger regions of the Aleutians and the Arctic Circle. Along the way, he encounters dozens of unusual characters (and a couple of very hungry bears) and investigates how lessons learned in 1899 might relate to Alaska's current struggles in adapting to the pressures of a changing climate and world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101985120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Mark Adams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36647984890012,"sku":"9781101985120","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5bae26cb-22f5-4acb-98eb-5b9b26201a6d.jpg?v=1607587629","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tip-of-the-iceberg-my-3000-mile-journey-around-wild-alaska-the-last-great-american-frontier-9781101985120","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}