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Journey to the edge of the world

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  • ""In the summer of 2008 Billy Connolly set sail on a ten-week journey from ocean to ocean: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by way of the North West Passage - a fabled route deep within the Arctic Circle that has thwarted explorers and fortune-hunters for centuries. For Cook, Drake and countless other adventurers, the North West Passage has been an alluring but impossible journey, a trial of unparallelled physical and mental strength, a haunting and fascinating wilderness. Now the Arctic is melting at a rate of 36,000 square miles a year and the journey is finally possible. For the first time, if you're quick, you can sail freely, if precariously, from Newfoundland right round to Vancouver. By plane, rail, road and boat, along coastlines and across sweeping landscapes that represent the final Northern frontier of the inhabited world for both man and beast, Billy's adventure embraces a memorable mix of bizarre encounters, Hemingway-esque characters, incredible wildlife, forgotten languages, big game hunting and all night carousing under the midnight sun."--Global Books in Print."
  • "From the Atlantic to the Pacific via the fabled Northwest Passage, Billy Connolly searches for the beauty of ordinariness and bumps into many weird and wonderful people along the way, from the fiddle-playing scarecrow-maker to the septuagenarian pioneer who still lives as her ancestors did. He learns how not to be intimate with bears and how to pan for gold. He herds cattle, attempts the finer complexities of the Inuit language, and kisses a cod. At this pivotal moment in history when this once isolated wilderness is about to be invaded by modern-day speculators, the inimitable Billy retraces the steps of romantics and nutters, those looking for love or just hoping to get rich. He leads us through this land¡s incredible past."
  • "The popular comedian and actor takes a journey through the Arctic Circle via the Northwest Passage, a journey only possible today due to the rapidly melting Arctic Ocean. This is the story of the memorable characters, incredible wildlife, and sweeping landscapes he encounters on his journey. To accompany a 4-part TV series."
  • "Join Scottish comedian and world traveler Billy Connolly as he journeys from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the legendary Northwest Passage."

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  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"

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  • "Journey to the edge of the world"@en
  • "Journey to the edge of the world"
  • "Journey to the edge of the world : adventures in the Arctic wilderness"@en
  • "Journey to the edge if the world: adventures in the Arctic wilderness"

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