Tip of the Iceberg

My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

By: Mark Adams

Narrated by: Mark Adams

**The National Bestseller**

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier

In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. More than a hundred years later, Alaska is still America's most sublime wilderness, both the lure that draws one million tourists annually on Inside Passage cruises and as a natural resources larder waiting to be raided. As ever, it remains a magnet for weirdos and dreamers.

Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Traveling town to town by water, Adams ventures three thousand miles north through Wrangell, Juneau, and Glacier Bay, then continues west into the colder and stranger regions of the Aleutians and the Arctic Circle. Along the way, he encounters dozens of unusual characters (and a couple of very hungry bears) and investigates how lessons learned in 1899 might relate to Alaska's current struggles in adapting to the pressures of a changing climate and world.

Enjoyed this very much!

Good adventure/travel story with some interesting history. could have used a little better editing to make the 2 stories more clear.

Great listen, travel book

I really love this book. The author does such a good job of integrating his personal trip along with the Herriman trip and relating the changes that have happened over the last 125 years. Excellent little travel guide book that’s not too in-depth or overbearing. A great easy lesson. 

Very enjoyable and informative!

I loved the chapters about the bear warnings and bear encounters. I learned so much from this book while being truly entertained.

Adams Never Fails to Entertain

This is my third Mark Adams book and I have to say I just love his writing. He always makes me feel so involved in every story. Very glad to hear the author reading his own works. Enjoyed this one very much and will definitely be listening to it again.

The Iceberg is Massively Satisfying

Never a dull moment. An engaging survey of Alaska through the lenses of history, geography, biology/natural history and sociology. The prose is crisp and engaging. I’ve purchased copies as gifts and am listening to it for a second time.