Expedition Canoeing, 3rd : A Guide to Canoeing Wild Rivers in North America (Canoeing how-to)

Tim Jackson, Editor, Canoe and Kayak magazine
"Expedition Canoeing is a comprehensive resource for your next canoe adventure."

Andrew C. Hubsch,
"Expedition Canoeing offers firsthand advice for all stages and aspects of the journey"

Eugene Buchanan, Paddler magazine
"Jacobson's knowledge of expedition canoeing runs deeper than the rivers he's paddled--and every ounce comes out in Expedition Canoeing."

Minneapolis Star Tribune--Jerry Zgoda
"Impressively comprehensive, whether you already are--or want to be a 'supercanoeist' with a yearning for the wild."

Various
"The first book you should obtain." With input from leading experts and anecdotal accounts to color the contents, Cliff covers everything to include covers, carriers, salvage, portaging, and transportation." Outdoor Alaska "Everything you ever wanted to know about canoeing a wild river is in this book. This book is The Complete Guide to Far North Canoeing." Hut Magazine. "Canoeing Wild Rivers is expert... The book gets high marks... It will be an excellent addition to any practiced or would-be tripper's library." Small Boat Journal. "This book Canoeing Wild Rivers by Cliff Jacobson is the one I recommend above all others." Verlen Kruger.

Book Description
Expedition Canoeing (formerly titled Canoeing Wild Rivers) is the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North America's waterways. This completely revamped edition expertly details everything you need to know about paddling the continent's wild rivers. Cliff Jacobson uses his thirty plus years of river running to give you sound advice and advanced techniques for canoeing in the wilderness. You will find dozens of black-and-white and color photos, how-to illustrations, canoeing and camping tricks, and a discussion of GPS navigation. In a chapter new to this edition, the author augments his recommendations with the hard-won advice of fellow canoeing experts. Preparation and skills are everything when expedition canoeing. Take along this guide on all of your canoeing adventures. This guide contains information on how to pick a crew, route and trip planning, canoeing and camping gear, how to deal with dangerous bears, canoe hazards and rescue, barren-land travel and much more.

From the Author
EXPEDITION CANOEING is the third edition of my flagship book, CANOEING WILD RIVERS, which has been popular since 1984. More than half the material, and all the expedition accounts, photos and illustrations are new. The huge appendix is larger than some canoeing books! Readers of earlier editions of CANOEING WILD RIVERS will hardly recognize this updated, expanded new edition. EXPEDITION CANOEING is not just the work of Cliff Jacobson. Kent Ford, Gary and Joan McGuffin, Bob O'Hara, Michael Peake, Annie Aggens, Laurie Gullion, Alex Hall, Verlen Kruger, Bob Dannert and dozens of other internationally known paddlers have made their mark on these pages. There are hundreds of new ideas, plus a new chapter in which acknowledged experts share advice. This is not a book about canoeing technique. It is an encyclopedia of nuts and bolts and an essential reference for those who canoe wilderness waterways. When the first edition of CANOEING WILD RIVERS appeared in 1984, Alaska Outdoors Magazine said it was "The first book you should buy!" The Minnesota Canoe Asssociation called it "The bible of far north canoeing". This new 2000 color edition of EXPEDITION CANOEING goes light years beyond previous editions to address every question about wilderness canoeing. And like earlier editions, you won't have to head to the Arctic to get more than your money's worth. If you love canoeing remote waterways you will love EXPEDITION CANOEING as much as I loved writing it.

From the Back Cover
Expedition Canoeing (formerly titled Canoeing Wild Rivers) is the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North America's waterways. This completely revamped edition expertly details everything you need to know about paddling the continent's wild rivers. Cliff Jacobson uses his thirty plus years of river running to give you sound advice and advanced techniques for canoeing in the wilderness. You will find dozens of black-and-white and color photos, how-to illustrations, canoeing and camping tricks, and a discussion of GPS navigation. In a chapter new to this edition, the author augments his recommendations with the hard-won advice of fellow canoeing experts. Preparation and skills are everything when expedition canoeing. Take along this guide on all of your canoeing adventures. This guide contains information on how to pick a crew, route and trip planning, canoeing and camping gear, how to deal with dangerous bears, canoe hazards and rescue, barren-land travel and much more. (7 1/2 x 9, color photos, b&w photos, diagrams, charts, maps)


About the Author
CLIFF JACOBSON is one of North America's most respected outdoors writers and wilderness canoe guides. He is a professional outfitter/guide for the Science Museum of Minnesota, a canoeing consultant, and the author of more than a dozen top-selling books on camping and canoeing.


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An guide for expedition canoers at any level, this book explains the basics for beginners, and offers tips for advanced techniques suitable for experts. Jacobson, with over thirty years of experience on the water, shares advice on everything from paddling correctly, and outfitting your expedition to dealing with bears and choosing your crew. This new edition adds information on using GPS and UTM systems for navigation, dozens of new illustrations and photographs and extensive revision. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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