There Will Be Headwinds : Kayaking the Northwest Passage - Mark Agnew Genre:Memoirs*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE*Mark Agnew was part of the first team ever to kayak the northwest passage spending 103 days in the Arctic. The infamous route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans had defeated countless explorers for centuries, and Mark himself had failed on two previous expeditions to row across the Atlantic. Pushed to the brink, on the verge of turning his back on the adventures that had made him
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