Publisher's Synopsis
In this book, the author accomplished a record solo navigation of the fabled Northwest Passage with a boat design quite different from that of the typical long distance sailor. The timing of the voyage was critical to avoid the boat-crushing ice in the maze of channels and gulfs in the far northern hemisphere. The authors description of the race against the clock, storms, and ever-moving ice is gripping.
The typical circumnavigation by sailboat is measured in years, with each transit spent mostly out of touch with the rest of the world. Each landfall comes with a description of the people and lands visited. For those sailors life can be sedate, there is no real calendar to keep or schedule to fret over. For those sailors their deeply ballasted boat may be all the home they have. Mr. Kendall's voyage is different. His boat is a high-tech greyhound of the seas, built for speed and toughness against the inevitable ice he will encounter. While I might have liked a bit more meat on the day-to-day bones of the story, Mr. Kendall is on a mission not unlike a trip to the moon, his observations reminiscent of those of an astronaut crossing the void in a spacecraft.
" Exceptionally well written. Truly inspirational account. I can say this was a book that was very hard to put down. " - Reader.
