Dance of the Deadmen - Wilson, Hap
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Self-styled arctic outdoorsman, John Hornby had already compromised his abilities to survive in the tundra through several incidents of near starvation, and by injuries suffered as a soldier in World War I. He had openly admitted to peers that "he had had enough of the north and wished he had never come". Yet, foolishly, he conscripted his young cousin, nineteen year-old Edgar Christian, and a willing third party, twenty-nine year-old Harold Adlard, both having no survival training or outdoor experience, to join him on an adventure into the most isolated part of the Canadian northland - the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Self-styled arctic outdoorsman, John Hornby had already compromised his abilities to survive in the tundra through several incidents of near starvation, and by injuries suffered as a soldier in World War I. He had openly admitted to peers that "he had had enough of the north and wished he had never come". Yet, foolishly, he conscripted his young cousin, nineteen year-old Edgar Christian, and a willing third party, twenty-nine year-old Harold Adlard, both having no survival training or outdoor experience, to join him on an adventure into the most isolated part of the Canadian northland - the Thelon River in the Northwest Territories. This is a story about the tragic Hornby expedition of 1926. One of Canada's most legendary stories, the reader embarks on a journey as if they were there with Hornby and his two charges. Wilson adds dialogue to the events that unfold using excerpts from Edgar's surviving diary. Not sparing any detail, the author applies his own vast knowledge of winter survival to events that led the three to disaster in a land that shows no mercy to the ill-prepared. Wilson bravely delves into the psychology of men in isolation when deprived of hope but not of love.
Autorenporträt
Hap Wilson is a self-taught artist, cartographer and nature photographer. He has been a Canadian park ranger, New Zealand mountain park warden, Outward Bound survival skills instructor, outfitter, wilderness canoe guide and sustainable trail builder. Wilson has lived off-grid, homesteading in the Laurentian Highlands along the Ottawa River and has paddled, hiked and skied more than 60,000 kilometers across Canada and published more than a dozen nature and adventure-related books. He is an International Fellow of the distinguished New York based Explorer's Club and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, recipient of the Bill Mason Award for lifetime achievement in river conservation and co-founder of the environment group Earthroots. Wilson was also the recipient of the Natural Resources Council of America Award for the Canada Parks publication, "Voyages - Canada's Heritage Rivers" for 'Best Environmental Book' of 1994. On the lighter side, Wilson taught actor Pearce Brosnan how to paddle a canoe and throw a knife for the Attenborough movie, "Grey Owl". He lives with his wife Andrea in Rosseau, Ontario, Canada and together they operate Cabin Falls off-grid Ecolodge in Temagami . The author has traveled extensively in the wilderness areas depicted in this book. Visit Hap Wilson at www.hapwilson.com.