Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate the Northwest Passage—the icy arctic waterway that connects ...

Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that I really am.” While not ...

Extreme adventurer Mark Synnott is out with his third book, chronicling his attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage in a 47-foot fiberglass boat. “John & Paul” takes a fresh look at the ...

Former UW president William Gerberding once referred to the Northwest as "this little civilized ... captures the ambience of this book-hungry city perfectly: "It was something in the disposition ...

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nearly all of whom will never sail a boat through the Northwest Passage. The travelogue moments of the book are the best written, as Synnott and his crew sail his 47-foot boat Polar Sun east to ...

This book is that, but it also is a deeply emotional inquiry into human emotion and connection, particularly when time and space and identity arise as barriers that must be overcome. The title should ...

Seattle writer Daniel Tam-Claiborne read an excerpt from his debut novel, “Transplants,” to a packed crowd at People’s Waffle ...

The Guide is either the train hopper’s Bible or an outdated relic, a must-have or a crutch, depending on whom you ask.” ...

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The book is conceded to be a masterpiece and ... Sir John Franklin not only never found the Northwest Passage, he never returned to England. His wife sent out expedition after expedition to ...