Beyond the Trees

National bestseller

A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greatest living explorer."

In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a single road, or even see another human being.

Between his starting point in Eagle Plains, Yukon Territory, to his destination in Baker Lake, Nunavut, lies a maze of obstacles: shifting ice floes, swollen rivers, fog-bound lakes, and gale-force storms. And Shoalts must time his departure by the breakup of the spring ice, then sprint across nearly 4,000 kilometers of rugged, wild terrain to arrive before winter closes in.

He travels alone up raging rivers that only the most expert white-water canoeists dare travel even downstream. He must portage across fields of jagged rocks that stretch to the horizon, and navigate labyrinths of swamps, tormented by clouds of mosquitoes every step of the way. And the race against the calendar means that he cannot afford the luxuries of rest, or of making mistakes. Shoalts must trek tirelessly, well into the endless Arctic summer nights, at times not even pausing to eat.

But his reward is the adventure of a lifetime.

Heart-stopping, wonder-filled, and attentive to the majesty of the natural world, Beyond the Trees captures the ache for adventure that afflicts us all.

Bestseller national O palpitanta odisee printr-un peisaj de neiertat, de la „cel mai mare explorator viu din Canada.” In primavara anului 2017, Adam Shoalts, autor si aventurier bestseller, a plecat intr-o calatorie solo fara precedent prin cea mai mare salbaticie din America de Nord. Un loc in care, in lumea noastra digitala din ce in ce mai interconectata, este inca posibil sa ratacim luni intregi fara sa traversam un singur drum, sau chiar sa vedem o alta fiinta umana. Nunavut, se afla un labirint de obstacole: floare de gheata in miscare, rauri umflate, lacuri legate de ceata si furtuni cu forta de vant.