Lost in Mongolia : rafting the world's last unchallenged river / Colin Angus.
Lost in Mongolia : rafting the world's last unchallenged river / Colin Angus.
By
:
Angus, Colin.
Publication Date
:
2003
Publication Information
:
[S.I.] : Anchor Canada,
Physical Description
:
xvi, 270 p. : ill., map.
Subject Term
:
Rafting (Sports)
Rafting (Sports) -- Russia (Federation) -- Yenisey River.
Rafting (Sports) -- Mongolia.
Geographic Term
:
Yenisey River (Russia) -- Description and travel.
Mongolia -- Description and travel.
Summary
:
Exploration is Colin Angus’ calling. It is not only the tug of excitement and challenge that keeps sending him on death-defying journeys down some of the world’s most powerful waterways, it is a desire to know a place more intimately than you could from the window of a train, to feel the soul of a place. Angus emphasizes that rivers have always been key to the development of complex societies and the rise of civilizations, offering as they do irrigation, transportation, hydroelectric power, and food. But, as Lost in Mongolia captures with breathtaking detail, while they giveth plenty, the great rivers also taketh away in an instant. In Lost in Mongolia, Colin Angus takes readers through never-before-seen territory and his wonderful sense of adventure and humour come through on every page.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780385660143
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Fogo Island (GFO) | Adult NFic - School | Adult Non-Fiction - School | 797.121 AN4 | Checked In |