Alaska's Inside Passage: Photography & Essays

by Kim Heacox

Exquisitely captured, luminous photographs pay homage to the world's largest sheltered inland waterway. An enthralling treasure for all time.

Genres: Nature

144 pages, Hardcover

First published April 10, 1987

About the author

Kim Heacox is the author of more than a dozen books, five of them published by National Geographic.

He’s won the National Outdoor Book Award twice, first in 2015 for his novel Jimmy Bluefeather, the only work of fiction in 25 years to win the award. And again in 2020 for his memoir, The Only Kayak, as an “outdoor classic” (originally published in 2005).

He writes opinion-editorials for The Guardian in celebration and defense of the natural world, and lives in a small town in coastal Alaska with his wife, Melanie, where they support the emerging Glacier Bay Leadership Program within Tidelines Institute. Learn more about him at www.kimheacox.com and download the Jimmy Bluefeather book club guide at westmarginpress.com.

Reviews

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

Four essays and 117 color photographs are great for armchair traveling whether you have seen this for yourself or dream of doing so.

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great photography and description to go with pictures. Can't wait to see Alaska for myself!