Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches

Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches
ISBN-10
0156032546
ISBN-13
9780156032544
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Jill Fredston

Description

An avalanche expert and predictor explores the often deadly nature of avalanches, sharing a wealth of dramatic rescue and escape stories, including those of a skier who was forced to make a life-and-death decision and the race to save a buried victim. By the author of Rowing to Latitude. Reprint.

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