The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey Into the Alaskan Wilds

by Caroline Van Hemert

Book Overview

For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure.
During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316414441
• ISBN13: 9780316414449
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Couldn't put it down!!

What an adventure, she writes so enthralling you feel like you are there with them on their journey.