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published: Oct 2018
ISBN:9781771602907
publisher: RMB | Rocky Mountain Books

Lines on a Map

Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration

by Frank Wolf, foreword by John Vaillant

tagged: polar regions, essays & travelogues, adventure
Description

Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure Travel

Two decades of adventure writing are captured in this entertaining and inspiring collection of travel journalism by renowned adventurer, writer, filmmaker and environmentalist Frank Wolf.

Lines on a Map is a compilation of Frank Wolf’s best work from the past two decades. Some of the adventures include: two friends on a cycling and volcano-climbing odyssey across Java, the world's most populous island, in the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, in the wake of 9/11; a surreal private lunch with former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during an 8000 km canoe journey across Canada; discovering the past and present on a 900 km hiking and kayaking journey from Skagway, Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon; negotiating the cultural divide during a whitewater paddling expedition in Laos and Cambodia with Russian extreme kayakers; exploring the nature and politics of a multi-billion dollar pipeline in northern BC by hiking, biking and kayaking the GPS track of the proposed project route from the oil sands to the British Columbia coast; conducting a mammal tracking survey in the course of a 120 km ski traverse of Banff National Park; discovering the truth about the existence of Sasquatch in northern Ontario; retracing Viking history during a canoe trip across Scandinavia.

Complete with dozens of colour photographs, Wolf weaves together humour, drama and local knowledge to transport readers to some of the outermost corners of the globe in an epic quest to celebrate the freedom to move, explore and be wild.

About the Authors
Frank Wolf has been named one of Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and has crafted a life out of adventure, undertaking thousands of kilometres of self-propelled wilderness travel in pursuit of his passion. As “Canada’s most diverse adventurer” (Canoe & Kayak Magazine), his impressive list of accomplishments include the first single-season crossing of Canada by canoe, rowing the Northwest Passage, skiing across Baffin Island, and completing the triple crown of British Columbia sea kayaking. He is a regular feature writer and blogger for Explore Magazine and has published dozens of features for Mountain Life Magazine, Paddling Magazine, Coast Mountain Culture Magazine, and Canadian Geographic, among others. His first book, Lines on a Map: Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration, was also published by RMB. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Frank Wolf has been named one of Canada’s 90 Greatest Explorers by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and has crafted a life out of adventure, undertaking thousands of kilometres of self-propelled wilderness travel in pursuit of his passion. As “Canada’s most diverse adventurer” (Canoe & Kayak Magazine), his impressive list of accomplishments include the first single-season crossing of Canada by canoe, rowing the Northwest Passage, skiing across Baffin Island, and completing the triple crown of British Columbia sea kayaking. He is a regular feature writer and blogger for Explore Magazine and has published dozens of features for Mountain Life Magazine, Paddling Magazine, Coast Mountain Culture Magazine, and Canadian Geographic, among others. His first book, Lines on a Map: Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration, was also published by RMB. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Editorial Reviews

"...a collection of stellar travel journalism..." - Outside Magazine


"Wilderness adventurer, documentarian and writer. He was the first to canoe across Canada in one season, and has completed a diversity of other expeditions, including skiing Arctic islands and canoeing, ocean kayaking, cycling and trekking incredible distances." - Canadian Geographic


"...one of my favourite Canadian adventure books from the last few years." - happiestoutdoors.ca

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