Overview

This is a collection of 18 Alaska survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters, and fishermen who confront their mortality -- and live to tell about it! You will be astonished by the close calls of a young man who clings desperately to life on an iceberg in the lower Susitna River . . . a woman who struggles frantically to escape the cockpit of a small plane as it sinks below the frigid waters of a remote bay in the Southeast region . . . the mountaineers who fight stubbornly to survive as avalanche after avalanche sweeps over them . . . and the saltwater diver who tangles with a giant octopus.

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Each adventure has its own suspense, spin-tingling action, and lesson to be learned... </p>--<i>Capital City Weekly</i>, Juneau, Alaska</p>

These harrowing experiences will keep you glued to the pages of this book. --Gannett Newspapers Each adventure has its own suspense, spin-tingling action, and lesson to be learned... --Capital City Weekly, Juneau, Alaska .. .one savors the triumph and giddiness of survival when survival seems out of the question. --General Aviation News & Flyer

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Larry Kaniut, a retired high school teacher living in Anchorage, is the author of ALASKA BEAR TALES and MORE ALASKA BEAR TALES, two of Alaska's all-time best-selling books

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