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No other vessel—sail or power driven—had ever passed through the dangerous straits of the Northwest Passage and completed a voyage round the world before David Scott Cowper's daring journey in the converted RNLI life boat Mabel E. Holland. David Scott Cowper vividly describes his four year circumnavigation by way of the Northwest Passage, detailing his recovery of a boat sunk by Arctic ice and the adventure and hardship of a grueling non-stop voyage across the Pacific in a small power boat. In the annals of small-boat voyages, this one stands out by any measure; not only because of the enormous difficulties and the tenacity with which they were overcome, but because of the extraordinary fascination and unspoilt beauty of the Arctic. The book is enhanced by Scott Cowper's photographs taken during the journey.

Table of Contents
1. The tantalizing goal 2. The final link 3. The Seaman's apprenticeship 4. First sail, now power 5. The first year 6. A hard grind 7. Escape from Fort Ross 8. The passage completed Postscript

Northwest Passage Solo

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      Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
      Published 3 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9781574093520
      978-1574093520
      ISBN-10 1574093525

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      No other vessel—sail or power driven—had ever passed through the dangerous straits of the Northwest Passage and completed a voyage round the world before David Scott Cowper's daring journey in the converted RNLI life boat Mabel E. Holland. David Scott Cowper vividly describes his four year circumnavigation by way of the Northwest Passage, detailing his recovery of a boat sunk by Arctic ice and the adventure and hardship of a grueling non-stop voyage across the Pacific in a small power boat. In the annals of small-boat voyages, this one stands out by any measure; not only because of the enormous difficulties and the tenacity with which they were overcome, but because of the extraordinary fascination and unspoilt beauty of the Arctic. The book is enhanced by Scott Cowper's photographs taken during the journey.

      Table of Contents
      1. The tantalizing goal 2. The final link 3. The Seaman's apprenticeship 4. First sail, now power 5. The first year 6. A hard grind 7. Escape from Fort Ross 8. The passage completed Postscript

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