Author: Peter a Galbraith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990607601
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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In mid-December, 1981, a small air taxi crashed at 10,300' on the slopes of Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska. All four people aboard survived the crash and the wreckage was quickly located. The weather was good the next morning but no rescuers landed nearby and no emergency supplies were airdropped. After four days and nights, a volunteer civilian climbing team reached the wreckage and U.S. Army Chinooks airlifted survivors off the mountain. Two years later, a lawyer in sole practice in Alaska filed a civil suit arising from the Mt. McKinley rescue against the Army, Air Force, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Park Service. This true story of the crash, the ordeal on the mountain, and volunteer and government rescue efforts unfolds through eyewitness testimony at trial.
Author: Barb Han
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488005788
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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A sexy cowboy comes to the rescue of a beautiful woman who has no idea who she is… When Tyler O'Brien finds a woman lying helpless after an ATV accident on his ranch, nothing adds up. Especially his real, sudden attraction to "Red." But aiding the amnesiac only compounds the rich Texas cowboy's doubts. How can he unlock the truth? Learning that Red is desperately searching for her twin sister who may have come to harm, Tyler—who doesn't "do feelings"—promises help and protection. Soon he's also burning with desire. As the two race against time to find Red's sister, they're drawn deeper into a complicated mystery. Tyler will have to draw on every ounce of strength to keep this stranger safe…and resist taking her to bed
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Author: Elizabeth Marino
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602232660
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 135
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Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However, a tangled web of policy obstacles, lack of funding, and organizational challenges leaves the community without a clear way forward, creating serious questions of how to maintain cultural identity under the new climate regime. Elizabeth Marino analyzes this unique and grounded example of a warming world as a confluence of political injustice, histories of colonialism, global climate change, and contemporary development decisions. The book merges theoretical insights from disaster studies, political analysis, and passages from field notes into an eminently readable text for a wide audience. This is an ethnography of climate change; a glimpse into the lived experiences of a global phenomenon.--(Source of description unspecified.)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Author: Dana Mentink
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369716221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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Sabotage on a family ranch… this K-9’s on the case. When her estranged uncle attempts to sabotage her family’s reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help save it—and becomes his target. With their rocky past, Alaska State Trooper Brayden Ford and his furry partner are the last team Katie wants assigned to protect her. But with the ranch under siege, they must work together…or risk falling victim to a killer. From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Alaska K-9 Unit Book 1: Alaskan Rescue by Terri Reed Book 2: Wilderness Defender by Maggie K. Black Book 3: Undercover Mission by Sharon Dunn Book 4: Tracking Stolen Secrets by Laura Scott Book 5: Deadly Cargo by Jodie Bailey Book 6: Arctic Witness by Heather Woodhaven Book 7: Yukon Justice by Dana Mentink Book 8: Blizzard Showdown by Shirlee McCoy
Author: B.J. Daniels
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369704185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Can they find the truth…before it’s too late? Wrangled by New York Times Bestselling Author B.J. Daniels Dakota Lansing has always kept her distance from Zach Chisholm, the cowboy with a bad reputation. But with both their lives in jeopardy, Zach is her only hope of staying alive. Targeted by unknown assailants, Zach discovers his mysterious connection to Dakota is much bigger than either suspected. With time running out, should he let her rope him in and go along for the ride? FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! Delivering Justice by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Barb Han When Tyler O'Brien finds a woman lying helpless after an ATV accident on his Texas ranch, nothing adds up. But aiding the amnesiac only compounds his doubts. Learning that “Red” is searching for her twin sister who may have come to harm, Tyler promises to help. Soon they're pulled into a complicated mystery, and Tyler will have to draw on every ounce of strength to keep this stranger safe… New York Times Bestselling Author B.J. Daniels
Author: Roberta Sheldon
Publisher: Publication Consultants
ISBN: 1594336660
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 435
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In 1939, four brutal murders occurred at three separate locations on a single day in “Cache Creek country,” a remote Alaska gold-mining region near Talkeetna. Two of the victims, Dick Francis and Frank Jenkins, had mined there for almost three decades, but disputes over mining claims in the 1930s launched the two men into protracted court battles and an arena of antagonism. By 1938, when Francis' claims were auctioned to satisfy courtordered damages awarded to Jenkins, everyone in the scattered but close-knit mining community of Cache Creek country was aware of the bitter feud. At the end of the 1939 mining season Jenkins and one of his young employees were bludgeoned to death in Wonder Gulch; three miles away, Helen Jenkins was murdered near the Jenkinses' cabin along Little Willow Creek; and, in his Ruby Creek cabin, Francis was found shot in the head with a revolver in his hand — an apparent suicide. He was thought to have first vengefully murdered the others. But an autopsy revealed that Dick Francis had been shot twice in the head. The shocked and outraged mining community began to suspect that the Jenkins/Francis feud had been ruthlessly exploited for caches of gold long rumored to be hidden on the Jenkinses' property. The case assumed sensational proportions in Alaska and, because law enforcement was minimal in this remote region, angry Alaskans clamored for a full-blown investigation by the FBI. More than sixty years later, the evidence—never made public before—whispers that justice may not have been served.
Author: Patrick Dean
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643136437
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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The captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck—an Episcopal priest—and his team's history-making summit of Denali. In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size—occupying 120 square miles of the earth’s surface —and position as the Earth’s northernmost peak of more than 6,000 meters elevation make it one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Although its height from base to top is actually greater than Everest’s, it is Denali's weather, not altitude, that have caused the great majority of fatalities—over a hundred since 1903. Denali experiences weather more severe than the North Pole, with temperatures of forty below zero and winds that howl at 80 to 100 miles per hour for days at a stretch. But in 1913 none of this mattered to Hudson Stuck, a fifty-year old Episcopal priest, Harry Karstens, the hardened Alaskan wilderness guide, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum, both just in their twenties. They were all determined to be the first to set foot on top of Denali. In A Window to Heaven, Patrick Dean brings to life this heart-pounding and spellbinding feat of this first ascent and paints a rich portrait of the frontier at the turn of the twentieth century. The story of Stuck and his team will lead us through the Texas frontier and Tennessee mountains to an encounter with Jack London at the peak of the Yukon Goldrush. We experience Stuck's awe at the rich Aleut and Athabascan indigenous traditions—and his efforts to help preserve these ways of life. Filled with daring exploration and rich history, A Window to Heaven is a brilliant and spellbinding narrative of success against the odds.
Author: Michael L. Kryder
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491790164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Alaska has its own kind of justiceone outsiders might not understand. Dave Warren lives in this wild country. Hes a determined man, a tough man, who can stare a hole right through a person. His trusty companion is Beardog, half-wolf and half- Labrador, and together, they work to protect their neighbors and land. Dave and Beardog are surrounded by a cast of loyal characters who stick close to Alaskas unwritten laws. Red is one of them. Hes the leading law enforcement officer in the entire State of Alaska and has a duty to uphold the law, but his laws arent like normal laws. His laws are according to Mother Nature, who likes seeing justice done right. The people of Alaska dont have an affinity for social games or politics. Their lives seem ordinary, built on strong family values and loving pets. They share a familiarity and closeness with their native wilderness, and visitors do well to understandstep out of line and these ordinary people might just sit back and watch you die.
