Beyond Siberia
Beyond Siberia by Christina Dodwell, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1993, is a first edition that spans 159 pages. This book chronicles Dodwell’s travels and adventures across the remote Kamchatka Peninsula, a 1000-kilometre-long region on the eastern edge of the former Soviet Empire. The narrative explores a landscape marked by active volcanoes, crater lakes, and extreme winter temperatures, providing a vivid account of her experiences in this unique environment.
Readers will find a detailed depiction of Dodwell’s interactions with a dance troupe performing for reindeer breeders, as well as her immersion in the reindeer people’s lifestyle. The book highlights her learning experiences, including driving reindeer and dogs, piloting a helicopter, and participating in a reindeer sled Grand National. Through her journey, Dodwell offers insights into the culture and geography of Kamchatka, making this work a notable exploration of travel in Russia’s far eastern region.
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Featuring the travels and adventures of Christina Dodwell in the remote 1000-kilometre-long Kamchatka Peninsula on the eastern extremity of the former Soviet Empire, this book shows Dodwell travelling into a world of active volcanoes and crater lakes, of mammoths and glaciers and poison gases, and tundra at a winter temperature of -50 C. She took up with a dance troupe travelling round performing for reindeer breeders, and stayed on to share the reindeer people’s life, learning to drive deer, dogs, a helicopter and a vezhod, and taking part in a reindeer sled Grand National. Dodwell is the author of “Travels with Pegasus”, “A Traveller on Horseback”, “A Traveller in China” and “An Explorer’s Handbook”.
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