Robert Marshall was one of the fortunate latecomers who found a great reach of arctic wilderness to explore and who left us an exceptional chronicle of his travels. During several expeditions in 2/5(1). Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range by Robert Marshall starting at $ Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range has 2 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. · George was also active with Robert Marshall Wilderness Foundation. George honored his beliefs and his bother Bob’s in many ways including the publication of Bob’s journal writings about Alaska into a book published in called Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range.
1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Arctic Village: A 's Portrait of Wiseman, Alaska. by. Robert Marshall. avg rating — 59 ratings — published — 3 editions. Want to Read. Exploring the great wilderness of Alaska's Brooks Range was Robert Marshall's joy and delight during the decade between and Marshall traveled this spectacular country, from the Upper Koyukuk drainage to the Arctic Divide, making maps, recording scientific data, and exalting in the beauty of that incredibly pristine landscape. Another of George Marshall's contributions was to edit his brother, Bob's, notebooks on the Alaskan wilderness, published as Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range. Marshall moved to London until late in his life. He returned to New York in , following the death of his wife, Elisabeth Dublin.
Alaska wilderness by Marshall, Robert, Robert Marshall, , University of California Press edition, Alaska wilderness exploring the Central Brooks Range. Robert Marshall was one of the fortunate latecomers who found a great reach of arctic wilderness to explore and who left us an exceptional chronicle of his travels. During several expeditions in Alaska in the s, Marshall came upon deep canyons and primeval valleys, followed streams to their sources, and climbed great mountains of the little-explored Brooks Range. He named many of the mountains and streams in the Central Brooks Range, the most famous of which is the “Gates of the Arctic,” a dramatic location where two tall mountains (Boreal Mountain and Frigid Crags) frame the North Fork of the Koyukuk River. Entering through this “gate,” Marshall felt as though you were entering into the Arctic, and “leaving the world of man behind.”.
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