Technical yet accessible, The Avalanche Handbook, 3rd Edition, covers the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches; rescue techniques; and research on understanding and surviving avalanches.

Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, and hallucinations in the relentless push to go on. Map and color photographs.

Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska. With thrilling immediacy, the award winning novelist Gary Paulsen pulls us into the breathtaking drama of his own story.

Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding and extreme skiing.

Training exercises and inspirational stories complete this seminal guide. Will Gadd won every major ice competition in the world in 1998 and 1999, as well as the 2000 Ice World Cup.

A powerful coming-of-age graphic memoir about coming-of-age, coming out, and competitive figure skating,

This book is an excellent access point for researchers, students, and anyone interested in the history of skiing.

This edition also features a wholly new chapter in which Bruce pulls all the pieces together to create an organized, step-by-step system for making decisions off, and on, the mountain.

The lavishly illustrated volume includes: Detailed instructional-photo sequences What to look for in skates, clothing, rinks, and instruction Getting started 6 basic turns that every figure skater should know 15 spins that you can master ...

By the close of the book you’ll see hockey in a more sophisticated and scientific light, and the reasons things happen the way they do will be clearer than ever.