North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic (Record no. 18087)
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| fixed length control field | 01458nam a2200193 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 98012359 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780767904469 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 41173640 |
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| Classification number | G585.S56 |
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| Classification number | 919.804 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Alvah Simon |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Broadway Books |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 328 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In June 1994 Alvah Simon and his wife, Diana, set off in their 36-foot sailboat to explore the hauntingly beautiful world of icebergs, tundra, and fjords lying high above the Arctic Circle. Four months later, unexpected events would trap Simon alone on his boat, frozen in ice 100 miles from the nearest settlement, with the long polar night stretching into darkness for months to come.With his world circumscribed by screaming blizzards and marauding polar bears and his only companion a kitten named Halifax, Simon withstands months of crushing loneliness, sudden blindness, and private demons. Trapped in a boat buried beneath the drifting snow, he struggles through the perpetual darkness toward a spiritual awakening and an understanding of the forces that conspired to bring him there. He emerges five months later a transformed man.Simon's powerful, triumphant story combines the suspense of Into Thin Air with a crystalline, lyrical prose to explore the hypnotic draw of one of earth's deepest and most dangerous wildernesses. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Adventure |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Travel |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 12/30/2023 | 919.9 SIMO | 46742 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |