Prospecting in the Northwest Territories: 1970, A Season Remembered

Author:   Lee Moldenhauer
Publisher:   FriesenPress
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9781038300454


Pages:   124
Publication Date:   17 April 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Prospecting in the Northwest Territories: 1970, A Season Remembered


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"It was a different time. In 1970, the hippie culture was still going strong, and young people were ready to take on the world. It was a time of getting back to the land, jumping in a VW van to tour the country-without wearing seatbelts, and listening to songs like Steppenwolf's ""Born to be Wild"" on a transistor radio. Against this backdrop, Lee Moldenhauer, a twenty-one-year-old geology student jumps at the chance to do some prospecting in the wilds of the Northwest Territories with three friends under conditions that are almost unimaginable today. After taking a floatplane into the bush, the four are left to fend for themselves with food supplies, basic camping equipment, and some geological maps. Without a two-way radio or even lifejackets, they set about canoeing and portaging their way back to Yellowknife while staking claims and looking for mineral deposits over the summer. Prospecting in the Northwest Territories is the entertaining and engaging true story of the author and his friends' adventures that summer. These include tackling terrifying rapids, losing half of their equipment in a canoe accident, and the author getting lost without any food or warm clothing. Yet despite these hardships, Lee Moldenhauer looks back fondly on these adventures with his friends, the beauty of the North, and the thrill of living rough in the bush and being able to survive by counting on their wits and each other. Part memoir, part travel story, and part adventure story, this fascinating read will leave you asking yourself, ""Could I have done that?"""

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Author:   Lee Moldenhauer
Publisher:   FriesenPress
Imprint:   FriesenPress
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9781038300454


ISBN 10:   1038300452
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   17 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Lee Moldenhauer was raised in the rural community of Dapp, Alberta, and then went on to earn his Geology degree at the University of Alberta. His education and the experience he gained while prospecting in the Northwest Territories shaped the rest of his career and life. He spent four more seasons prospecting in the Northwest Territories, three of those working for mining companies there. He then became involved in the oil industry doing well-site geology. Lee's sense of adventure never abated, and he has remained an avid traveller throughout his life. Now retired, he splits his time between Alberta and Chicago, where his wife is still working. Lee and his wife have teenage twins, who grew up hearing about Lee's tales of living in the bush and were the impetus for him to share his stories with others.

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