Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781772127348 |
ISBN10: | 1772127345 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 240 pages |
Size: | 228x152x19 mm |
Weight: | 350 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 10 Line drawings, black & white; 2 Maps |
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Of Canoes and Crocodiles
Paddling the Sepik in Papua New Guinea
Series:
Wayfarer;
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Date of Publication: 13 June 2024
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Short description:
Accompanied by local guides, two Canadians paddle dugout canoes down the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, one of the world's great jungle rivers.
Long description:
Of Canoes and Crocodiles is a story of adventure in the remote and threatened landscapes of Papua New Guinea. In 2018, Tony Robinson-Smith and his wife Nadya Ladouceur bought dugout canoes and paddled down the Sepik, the countryâ s longest river. Traveling with local guides and staying in their villages, they ate smoked piranha and sago pancakes, heard tales of river gods and sorcerers, marvelled at Rainbow bee-eaters and cat-size flying foxes, sank in a tropical storm, got lost in mosquito-infested swamplands, and hid from pirates in mangroves near the sea. As the narrative follows the bends of the river, Robinson-Smith incorporates into its flow descriptions of crocodile initiation rites, village â big men,â the barter system, raskolism, and sing-sings. He reflects on clan loyalty, colonization, Christian missionaries, bride price, the environmental impacts of foreign logging and mining, and the joys and fears of following the current down a long, snaky jungle river in a volatile Melanesian country.