The Flight of the Arctic Tern, first published in 1952, chronicles the travels and adventures of husband and wife team Constance and Harmon Helmericks. Beginning in Connecticut, then flying across Can
The Flight of the Arctic Tern, first published in 1952, chronicles the travels and adventures of husband and wife team Constance and Harmon Helmericks. Beginning in Connecticut, then flying across Canada to the north of Alaska in a Cessna 140, the couple begin a lifelong pioneering adventure of living simply in the wilds of Alaska.
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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