In Chapter XII of "Northern LIghts" (the official account of the British arctic air route expedition) the author (F. Spencer Chapman) discusses the advantages of using a kayak to keep the expedition fed as opposed to hauling tons of food along. Ten pages of fascinating reading. Thanks to a posting on www.paddlingplanet.com. http://www.arctickayaks.com/PDF/Chapman1932/chapman.pdf Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In the sequel, "Watkins' Last Expedition," Chapman has a fascinating description of a stormy trip down the Greenland coast with a group of Inuit, during which he capsized several times and had to roll up using a storm roll. He also describes using the sliding stroke. Unfortunately, when my mother-in-law moved in with us, my copies of Chapman's BAARE books got packed away by my wife along with the rest of my library while I was sick, and I don't know which box they are packed in. Chuck Holst ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Chapter XII of "Northern LIghts" (the official account of the British arctic air route expedition) the author (F. Spencer Chapman) discusses the advantages of using a kayak to keep the expedition fed as opposed to hauling tons of food along. Ten pages of fascinating reading. Thanks to a posting on www.paddlingplanet.com. http://www.arctickayaks.com/PDF/Chapman1932/chapman.pdf Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4929 (20100309) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I was pretty sure that I hadn't stumbled upon anything that lots of paddlers don't already know about, but as someone who has only recently discovered Greenland kayaking it's fascinating reading for me and, who knows, perhaps other P'wisers. Interestingly enough, while reading Chapman's chapter my imagination conjured up a picture of a grizzled paddler who looked a lot like Strosaker... commando style... with an autograph. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Chuck Holst <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote: > In the sequel, "Watkins' Last Expedition," Chapman has a fascinating > description of a stormy trip down the Greenland coast with a group of > Inuit, > during which he capsized several times and had to roll up using a storm > roll. He also describes using the sliding stroke. Unfortunately, when my > mother-in-law moved in with us, my copies of Chapman's BAARE books got > packed away by my wife along with the rest of my library while I was sick, > and I don't know which box they are packed in. > > Chuck Holst > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In Chapter XII of "Northern LIghts" (the official account of the British > arctic air route expedition) the author (F. Spencer Chapman) discusses the > advantages of using a kayak to keep the expedition fed as opposed to > hauling > tons of food along. Ten pages of fascinating reading. Thanks to a posting > on > www.paddlingplanet.com. > > http://www.arctickayaks.com/PDF/Chapman1932/chapman.pdf *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Craig, That reminds me of a comic someone once posted somewhere from a magazine way back when. It showed two Inuit paddling kayaks toward a village, and the dialog went something like this: "I can't get out of my kayak." "Why?" "I'm not wearing any pants." Duane --- On Tue, 3/9/10, Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Interestingly enough, while reading Chapman's chapter my > imagination > conjured up a picture of a grizzled paddler who looked a > lot like > Strosaker... commando style... with an autograph. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Actually, they were all newbies in their 20s and 30s, IIRC. For most of them, the expedition was a good excuse to have an adventure. One spent an entire winter in a double-insulated tent on the icecap to make weather observations. When the others came to get him in the spring, only a little bit of the tent was showing above the snow. Fortunately, he didn't mind being alone; he had lots of books. Chuck Holst -----Original Message----- <snip> Interestingly enough, while reading Chapman's chapter my imagination conjured up a picture of a grizzled paddler who looked a lot like Strosaker... commando style... with an autograph. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4931 (20100310) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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