Hudson Bay Bound, Natalie Warren
Hudson Bay Bound, Natalie Warren
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Hudson Bay Bound
Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic

Author: Natalie Warren

Narrator: Warren

Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/16/2021


Synopsis

The remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay

Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic Canoeing with the Cree, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced unexpected trials, some harrowing, some simply odd. Warren's spellbinding account retraces the women's journey from inspiration to Arctic waters, giving listeners an insider view of planning a three-month canoe expedition to the successful accomplishment of the adventure of a lifetime.

Along the route we meet the people who live and work on the waterways, including denizens of a resort who supply much-needed sustenance; a solitary resident in the wilderness who helps plug a leak; and the people of the Cree First Nation at Norway House, where the canoeists acquire a furry companion. Describing the tensions that erupt between the women and the natural and human-made phenomena they encounter, Warren brings us into her experience, and we join these modern women (and their dog) as they recreate this historic trip, including the pleasures and perils, the sexism, the social and environmental implications, and the enduring wonder of the wilderness.

About Natalie Warren

Natalie Warren is a Minneapolis-based author, scholar, and public speaker on environmental issues. A lifelong paddler and river lover, she canoed the length of the Mississippi River and won first place in the Yukon River Quest in the women's voyageur division, paddling 450 miles in fifty-three hours. A contributing writer to outdoor publications, she has worked with Bancroft Arnesen Explore, St. Croix River Association, and River Management Society, and she started a nonprofit to present urban rivers as natural, dynamic classrooms for youth.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deb on March 09, 2021

I just completed my review of "Canoeing with the Cree" and it dawned on me that, by changing the pronoun, the same review applies to this book. Review (Canoeing with the Cree): A classic outdoor adventure story composed by a young writer still trying to find *his* voice and written with the sensibili......more

Goodreads review by Janine on October 06, 2021

I liked this book just fine, but I sure wish I had liked the author and her paddling partner better. I admire the journey the women undertook, no doubt about that. And their travels got more and more interesting the closer they got to Hudson Bay. However, in nearly every encounter they had with peop......more

Goodreads review by Jo on October 09, 2023

I am a seriously un-outdoorsy person. A friend lent me this because it's our One Community, One Book read for the year. It's terrific. Two college grads decide to canoe up the Minnesota River to the Red River and into Canada to reach Hudson Bay (a 2000 mile trip). While it didn't make me want to buy......more

Goodreads review by Leo on December 04, 2020

Eric Sevareid was a respected journalist, an anachronism in today’s world, of my parents generation (and I’m 67). Fresh out of high school he and school buddy undertook a canoe voyage from Minnesota to Hudson Bay. They were young, bullet-proof and clueless, yet survived to make it all the way. He te......more

Goodreads review by Agatha on February 01, 2024

Enjoyed this - it's not particularly complicated, but it's a very nice story of this trip - particularly because I am incapable of canoeing any direction other than backwards. No, you cannot teach me to do it correctly. I have tried. I have tried so many times. I cannot manage to learn to canoe forw......more