
Search and Rescue Alaska
Tracy Salcedo(Autor*in)
The Lyons Press
Erschienen am 24. Februar 2020
208 Seiten
978-1-4930-3729-2 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
In a place as vast and extreme as Alaska, no one takes safety for granted. Whether adventurer or homesteader, tourist or native, people look out for themselves and for each other. But sometimes it just goes bad, and no amount of resourcefulness or resiliency can make it right. That's when search and rescue teams kick into gear, launching operations by air and by land that have generated amazing tales of heroism, tenacity, and human kindness. Some of those stories have been gathered in Search and Rescue Alaska, including:
Rescues on Denali, North America's highest peak, from the mountain's first search and rescue in 1932 to a rescue in 2017 that highlights the utility of modern equipment and decades of SAR experience
A World War II search and rescue that ended with a remarkable recovery more than half a century later
Rescues during the Good Friday quake of 1964
The rescue of mountaineering students and their instructors in the Chugach Range
The rescue and recovery of Klondike-bound gold-seekers caught in an avalanche on the infamous Chilkoot Trail
These stories and others in this compilation of essays will kindle a new appreciation for the skilled and selfless pilots, troopers, military personnel, and rangers on call for search and rescue in Alaska.
Rescues on Denali, North America's highest peak, from the mountain's first search and rescue in 1932 to a rescue in 2017 that highlights the utility of modern equipment and decades of SAR experience
A World War II search and rescue that ended with a remarkable recovery more than half a century later
Rescues during the Good Friday quake of 1964
The rescue of mountaineering students and their instructors in the Chugach Range
The rescue and recovery of Klondike-bound gold-seekers caught in an avalanche on the infamous Chilkoot Trail
These stories and others in this compilation of essays will kindle a new appreciation for the skilled and selfless pilots, troopers, military personnel, and rangers on call for search and rescue in Alaska.
Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrationen
31 BW Photos
Dateigröße
4,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-3729-2 (9781493037292)
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Tracy Salcedo is the author of Historic Yosemite National Park, Historic Denali National Park and Preserve, and Death in Mount Rainier National Park. She has also written a number of FalconGuides, including Hiking Through History San Francisco, Hiking Lassen Volcanic National Park, Best Hikes Sacramento, Best Hikes Near Reno-Lake Tahoe, and Best Easy Day Hikes guides to the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. She lives and works in California's Wine Country. You can learn more by visiting her website at www.laughingwaterink.com.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Difference between SAR and a Ham Sandwich
- Alaska Far and Wide
- Overland for the Seafarers
- Avalanche on the Chilkoot Trail
- Iditarod
- The Amazing Leon Crane
- The Good Friday Quake
- The Mixed Blessing of the Machine
- Ptarmigan Peak
- "Whose Son Do You Want Me to Send?"
- Denali
- Cosmic Ray
- The Long Wait: The Thayer Expedition
- Rescues of the Rich and Famous: John Day and the Whittakers
- The Third Time's a Charm
- A Man on a String: The Thunder Mountain Rescue
- I Need a Diet Coke
- For Want of a Chisel: The Art and Science of Crevasse Rescue
- Author's Note: Acts of Kindness
- Stay Safe
- Alaska in Context
- Dedication and Acknowledgments
- Bibliography and Selected Sources
- About the Author
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