| Jamie Bastedo looks into the heart of one of Canada's largest yet least understood regions–the subarctic wilderness. Told with a passion for northern people and an exacting eye for detail, Reaching North celebrates a vast northern wilderness, drawing inspiration from its basement rock all the way to the aurora borealis.
Reviews
"An engaging storyteller who combines the knowledge of a naturalist with the eye of an artist and the curiosity of a child. Reaching North is a book with a point of view and personality. It will become part of a growing canon of delightful paperback books that celebrate the North."
-- Arctic Magazine
"Interesting and funny, educational and intimate, its easy-to-follow, sweep-you-away style is a delight to read. . . . It is a personal and passionate tribute to a part of Canada that defies description."
-- Nature Canada
"An absolute pleasure to read."
-- Vue Magazine
"It's Lopez that the book emulates in its lyrical, transparent style. . . . The book would be worth buying for the 'Snow Saga' chapter alone, even if the other chapters weren't equally compelling, which they are."
-- Explore Magazine
"Bastedo strays from the well-traveled routes of history, memoir and science to write instead of people. . . . Inspiring."
-- Up Here Magazine
"Bastedo, a writer with a gift for explaining the mysteries of the natural world, clearly loves the land where he lives and the people he finds there. His enthusiasm is infectious."
-- News North
Jamie Bastedo's work is all about taking science to the streets. Well established as a popular science writer in his books Falling for Snow: A Naturalist's Journey into the World of Winter, Shield Country: The Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet, Reaching North: A Celebrationof the Subarctic and Blue Lake and Rocky Shores, he writes to inform and inspire, telling a "story of place." He also has written over 30 natural history features in magazines, including Up Here, Backpacker, and Winter Living. When not out on the land, he hangs his hat in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
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