With Sack and Stock in Alaska

An account of an exploratory journey through southeastern Alaska, recounting travel from Pacific coast settlements into the St. Elias range. It follows sea voyages and coastal stops, organizing parties and canoes, and detailed marches onto glaciers, river crossings, and campsites. The narrative records navigation challenges, shifting plans, gear caches, weather and terrain difficulties, encounters with wildlife and hunting, interactions with local settlements and potlatches, and the logistical ups and downs of alpine travel. Chapters alternate between voyage narrative, inland expeditions among the Chaix and Libbey glaciers and human stories of setbacks, separations, and returns to shore.