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Weymouth, Adam.
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Weymouth, Adam -- Travel -- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Canoes and canoeing -- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Chinook salmon -- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) -- Description and travel.
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Weymouth, Adam.
Weymouth, Adam -- Travel -- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Canoes and canoeing -- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Chinook salmon -- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) -- Description and travel.
MARC Display
Kings
of the
Yukon
: a
river
journey
in
search
of the
chinook
/ Adam Weymouth.
by
Weymouth, Adam.
Knopf Canada, 2018.
Call #:
917.191 W549k
Subjects
Weymouth, Adam -- Travel --
Yukon
River
(
Yukon
and Alaska)
Canoes and canoeing --
Yukon
River
(
Yukon
and Alaska)
Chinook
salmon --
Yukon
River
(
Yukon
and Alaska)
Yukon
River
(
Yukon
and Alaska) -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780345811790 (hc.)
Description:
288 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"The
Yukon
River
is 3,190 kilometres long, flowing northwest from British Columbia through the
Yukon
Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea. Every summer, millions of salmon migrate the distance of this
river
to their spawning ground, where they go to breed and then die. The
Chinook
is the most highly prized among the five species of Pacific salmon for its large size and rich, healthy oils. It has long since formed the lifeblood of the economy and culture along the Yukon--there are few communities that have been so reliant on a single source. Now, as the region contends with the effects of a globalized economy, climate change, fishing quotas and the general drift towards urban life, the health and numbers of the
Chinook
are in question, as is the fate of the communities that depend on them. Travelling in a canoe along the
Yukon
River
with the migrating salmon, a three-month
journey
through untrammeled wilderness, Adam Weymouth traces the profound interconnectedness of the people and the
Chinook
through searing portraits of the individuals he encounters. He offers a powerful, nuanced glimpse into the erosion of indigenous culture, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world. Weaving in the history of the salmon run and their mysterious life cycle,
Kings
of the
Yukon
is extraordinary adventure and nature writing and social history at its most compelling."--From publisher.
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