North to Alaska

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Still waiting to travel there.  
 
1.  Coming into the Coutnry, John McPhee  (1977).  The only one of the list I've read.  A masterpiece of McPhee's stellar work.  He has a knack for finding interesting characters and adventures.  Conveys a sense of a country unto itself.  Bought used State Department book store.

Coming into the Country

2.  Disappearance: A Map, A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes, Sheila Nickerson (1996).  Bought used in The Raven Bookstore, Amherst, MA.

Disappearance: A Map: A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes

3.  Going to Extremes, Joe McGuiness (1980).  Bought used, can't remember where.

Going to Extremes (Plume)

4.  Birthplace of the Winds: Adventures in Alsaska's Islands of Fire and Ice, John Bowermaster (2000).  Bought used, can't remember where.

 Birthplace of the Winds: Storming Alaska's Islands of Fire and Ice (Adventure Press)

5.  Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings, Jonathan Raban (1999).  Bought used, can't remember where.

Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings 

6.  Glacier Pilot, Beth Day (1970).  Bought used, Warrenton Library Bookstore. 

Glacier Pilot

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