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In the manner of Thoreau, naturalist David Pitt-Brooke meditates on one of Earthand#8217;s last untouched places and#151; Vancouver Islandand#8217;s fabled Clayoquot Sound. This area came to prominence during and#147;Clayoquot Summer,and#8221; a 1993 protest that resulted in 800 arrests but also halted the region's destruction by logging. Clayoquot Sound encompasses every imaginable landscape, from alpine tundra to old-growth temperate rain forest. Like Barry Lopez did with the north in Arctic Dreams, Pitt-Brooke approaches this wild, magical place by taking readers on an unforgettable journey for each month of the year. Chasing Clayoquot is a profound and#151; and political and#151; trip through an extraordinary environment.
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In the manner of Thoreau, naturalist David Pitt-Brooke meditates on one of Earth s last untouched places Vancouver Island s fabled Clayoquot Sound. This area came to prominence during Clayoquot Summer, a 1993 protest that resulted in 800 arrests but also halted the region's destruction by logging. Clayoquot Sound encompasses every imaginable landscape, from alpine tundra to old-growth temperate rain forest. Like Barry Lopez did with the north in Arctic Dreams, Pitt-Brooke approaches this wild, magical place by taking readers on an unforgettable journey for each month of the year. Chasing Clayoquot is a profound and political trip through an extraordinary environment."
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