In suburban Arizona, 1965, Connie Helericks announces to her two daughters, 12-year-old Ann and 14-year-old Jean, that “we’re going to make a canoe expedition to the Artic Ocean”. And for two successi
In suburban Arizona, 1965, Connie Helericks announces to her two daughters, 12-year-old Ann and 14-year-old Jean, that “we’re going to make a canoe expedition to the Artic Ocean”. And for two successive summers that’s exactly what they did. This book is the vividly written story of their adventures in the remote northern reaches of Canada and the Arctic, in a twenty-foot canoe, amidst a wondrous and vast landscape. A wilderness adventure, and a story of family bonds and spiritual renewal.
Connie Helmericks, arctic adventurer and author, was a wild spirit who yearned for adventure in an era of obedient women. In 1941, when she was twenty-three, she persuaded her husband to leave Arizona for the Alaskan wilds. Her successful books and their documentaries came later. She passed away in 1987.
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