To celebrate the new year, this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast features new bonus material from Kiernan’s interview with Mark Adams, author of “Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000 Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska.”
To celebrate the new year, this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast features new bonus material from Kiernan’s interview with Mark Adams, author of “Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000 Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska.” Mark talks about staying safe around bears, how to construct good travel writing, and what the heck a “williwaw” is. Listen to the original interview, Episode 11, here.
MARK ADAMS is the author of the acclaimed history Mr. America, which The Washington Post named a Best Book of 2009, and the New York Times bestsellers Turn Right at Machu Picchu, which Men’s Journal selected as one of the Fifty Greatest Adventure Books of All Time, and Meet Me in Atlantis. His work appears in many national publications, including GQ, Rolling Stone, Outside and the New York Times. He lives near New York City with his family.
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
- https://www.nps.gov/katm/index.htm
- https://www.nps.gov/katm/planyourvisit/exploring-the-valley-of-ten-thousand-smokes.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williwaw
- https://www.amazon.com/Tip-Iceberg-000-Mile-American-Frontier/dp/1101985100