Mark adams author biography

PRAISE FOR TIP OF THE ICEBERG

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"This half-history/half-travelogue of Alaska is fascinating, suspenseful, illuminating and hilarious."—John Hodgman

 

"Adams and his guide wake in [Glacier Bay's] breathtaking setting to a heart-stopping spectacle: two grizzly bears nosing around their tent.

After trying to scare them off, the men high-tail it for the kayak. Later, Adams meets a cruise ship pilot who had spotted them on the beach before the ursine invasion.

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'I thought, Man, look at that setup!' the pilot tells him. 'Those guys must be having the time of their lives.' He wasn’t wrong."—The New York Times

 

“Adams wonderfully recounts, and emulates, the 1899 voyage organized by railroad tycoon Edward Harriman to survey the coast of Alaska.

Making “every important stop” that the Harriman team did, Adams details the state’s natural beauty, as well as the changes that have taken