Writer and fisherman Joe Upton recounts the riveting stories of explorers of the past and seafarers of the present in JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE. His chronicle offers events vivid in their telling: the journey of widow  Muriel Blanchet, who solo navigated a small vessel in the 1930s with her five children; the failed meeting of explorers Alexander Mackenzie and George Vancouver in 1793; countless sinkings; and tales from the author's own experiences plying this legendary waterway. "Alternately exhilarating and contemplative....Upton's approach underscores the powerful effect of the sea and land on those who choose to wrestle with them."  --- Booklist Upton has written about and naviagated the fishing grounds of New England, British Columbia, and Alaska. Journeys Through the Inside Passage Seafaring Adventures Along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska By Joe Upton Alaska Northwest Books Copyright © 2008 Joe Upton All right reserved. ISBN: 9780882407401 "God's Pocket. The harbor at God's Pocket: in more sheltered waters, mariners wouldn't give such a small and relatively open cove a secod look when seeking an anchorage. A surge comes in from any well in the Sound, and there isn't room for but a handful of boats. One sleeps uneasily; even though the wind doesn't reach down on the cove, it rushes throg the trees above.  Yet what shelter it offers lies at the very edge of Queen Charlotte Sound. By lying there, a northbound vessel may make a 3:00 or 4:00 A.M. start and perhaps get across the open waters tothe north before the winds starts to blow. Likewise, southbound travelers, arriving here at dark after a difficult passage, find the limited shelter infinitely better than what they came from."  Page 66 Continues... Excerpted from Journeys Through the Inside Passage by Joe Upton Copyright © 2008 by Joe Upton. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.