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'Amazing scenery, fascinating history and oodles of good old-fashioned scouting skills' (Daily Telegraph )
'Northern Wilderness is different, grown-up, wider ranging, a trip through the Canadian tundra in the snow show tracks of the early explorers...effortlessly beguiling' (Sunday Times )
'Fans of Ray Mears - the thinking man's Bear Grylls - will rejoice that their man is back, doing what he's best at...He begins in the vast Boreal forest that covers a third of Canada, which Mears illuminates in his wonderfully quiet, relaxed and understated way.' (Daily Mail )
'His clear message to go out and enjoy exploring nature calmly and safely is relevant everywhere. Eschewing wide-eyed adventurism, this survivalist is equally a naturalist and anthropologist for peoples who live at one with their environment' (Mail on Sunday )
'Inspiring fare' (Observer )
'Northern Wilderness is different, grown-up, wider ranging, a trip through the Canadian tundra in the snow show tracks of the early explorers...effortlessly beguiling' (Sunday Times )
'Fans of Ray Mears - the thinking man's Bear Grylls - will rejoice that their man is back, doing what he's best at...He begins in the vast Boreal forest that covers a third of Canada, which Mears illuminates in his wonderfully quiet, relaxed and understated way.' (Daily Mail )
'His clear message to go out and enjoy exploring nature calmly and safely is relevant everywhere. Eschewing wide-eyed adventurism, this survivalist is equally a naturalist and anthropologist for peoples who live at one with their environment' (Mail on Sunday )
'Inspiring fare' (Observer )
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'Amazing scenery, fascinating history and oodles of good old-fashioned scouting skills' -- Daily Telegraph 'Northern Wilderness is different, grown-up, wider ranging, a trip through the Canadian tundra in the snow show tracks of the early explorers...effortlessly beguiling' -- Sunday Times 'Fans of Ray Mears - the thinking man's Bear Grylls - will rejoice that their man is back, doing what he's best at...He begins in the vast Boreal forest that covers a third of Canada, which Mears illuminates in his wonderfully quiet, relaxed and understated way.' -- Daily Mail 'His clear message to go out and enjoy exploring nature calmly and safely is relevant everywhere. Eschewing wide-eyed adventurism, this survivalist is equally a naturalist and anthropologist for peoples who live at one with their environment' -- Mail on Sunday 'Inspiring fare' -- Observer
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very different sort of book from Ray Mears. Up till now most of his books have been in the 'how to do it'category. This one is much more of an in -depth exploration of the first explorers of Canada and how those who succeeded were those who respected and followed the ways of the indigenous people. Ray allows the reader an insight into how Canada was explored and its wildlife exploited and how things like its rivers and the canoe were essential elements in this. A great read and well worth adding to the Ray Mears collection
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An excellent book well written, Ray's love for this landscape and its people comes across strongly. It's as good as the TV program it accompanies; it just tells the story in a straight-forward and intelligent way. There's plenty to read too. The only flaw is that it doesn't have a good map of Canada which is inexcusable really in a book of this type, otherwise it would be 5-star.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I could not put the book down!
Finished it in three days.
Excellent for anybody interested in early Canadian history connected with the early trappers and explorers!
Finished it in three days.
Excellent for anybody interested in early Canadian history connected with the early trappers and explorers!
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Delightful read
This proved a delightful read with some beautiful illustrations, and I have passed it on with a glowing recommendation to a friend living on the US-Canadian border. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. M. Parker
Ray in the cold
Ray Mears has again produced a book that mixes history, anthropology and bushcraft he tries to to describe without judging the people of the past by 21st century standards
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Published 21 months ago by Timothy Wakefield
forgotten history
Ray Mears does his usual great job at bringing the survival skills of the past to life and his descriptions of the Canadian Wilderness are brilliant. Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by P. Chapman
Northern Wilderness
The book was bought for a friend. I have also bought the DVD. It looks excellent and after seeing the series, ( which our friend did not) I am sure he will love it.
Published on 22 Feb 2010 by Dame- inseine
Great Series, AWFULL book
I enjoyed the "Northern Wilderness" on DVD and I was expecting the book to provide aditional information. Well, It does not. And it is big. And cumbersome. Needlessly so. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Arq Pedro Flores Marcos
Wilderness Adventures
This is a great book by Ray Mears charting the early discovery of Northern Canada, following in the footsteps of the first explorers to open up Trade Routes and find the fabled... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by Mr. D. J. Arnold
Well told stories
This book is unique in that it weaves the stories of the early Canadian explorers with the history and development of the Northern Wilderness. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by Erdgas
Excellent
Like the television programme, I found this book absolutely excellent. It doesn't follow the order in which subject matter was presented on the tv/dvd which is an added bonus and... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by J. Gourlay
Ray Mears five star historical survival book
Ray Mears often refers to preserving history, whereas in fact, he not only does that but also creates the `where we are at today' record of wilderness and survival methods. Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2009 by D. O. Hilton
Great Read
If your not narrow minded like the reviewer above and enjoy reading about history and the hardships of life and how bushcraft came to be then you will love this book. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by John Smith
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