Wild For Alaska

Many a person have read with embellished delight the Call of the Wild by Jack London, but few, very few have actually seized the moment. Wild for Alaska by Jerry S. Dixon is the vividly detailed and astonishing story of one such man, Jerry Dixon himself. Join the author on an unbelievable journey through the last great wilderness of the North American Continent. The story spans four decades of relentless pursuit of adventures, dangers, and excitement few men ever really experience. Illustrated with 40 years worth of drawings drawn by Jerry and photographs taken by the author, Jerry Dixon gives the reader a rare insight into a world seldom seen. Experiencing the terrain by air, water, and land join Jerry as he parachutes, kayaks, hikes, and mountain climbs, through some of the most beautiful yet foreboding territory in the world. Sail down the Kanai River's might current observing the wildlife and ancient glaciers that still inhabit the area. Later backpack into the remote wilderness to the nightly cries of wolves and the threat becoming the prey of the black bear.