How Long to Read The Spine of the Arctic

By Geoffrey McRae Smith

How Long Does it Take to Read The Spine of the Arctic?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 3 minutes to read The Spine of the Arctic by Geoffrey McRae Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book describes a solo Arctic Canoe Expedition completed through Alaska’s Brooks Range from June 30--August 19, 1985. It covered 650-miles and took 51 days. I traveled through extensive parts of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and the Noatak Preserve. I started the journey at the oil pipeline haul road (Dalton Highway) just south of Coldfoot and above the Arctic Circle where I got on the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River. I floated down this to the town of Bettles. Form Bettles, I went on to the mouth of the John River. I headed up the John River then turned up the Malamute Fork of the John, portaged to the East Fork of Henshaw Creek, and after three days of misery, I reach the Malamute Fork of the Alatna River. This took me to the Alatna River proper. I pushed up this river for almost 200 miles to its headwater lakes near the Continental Divide. I crossed the divide at Survey Pass and then moved down the North Slope on the Nigu River, part of the Colville River drainage. I floated down this for about 30 miles then portaged to Etivlik Lake. After paddling across this, I portaged over another divide into Noatak National Preserve and to the headwaters of Flora Creek. After a long struggle with the creek’s shallow water and rocky bed (it completely dried up at one point), I reached the Aniuk River. This flowed into the Noatak River. I floated the Noatak River to the Chukchi Sea and crossed a ten-mile stretch of open ocean to reach the Baldwin Peninsula and the end of the trip at Kotzebue, Alaska.

How long is The Spine of the Arctic?

The Spine of the Arctic by Geoffrey McRae Smith is 119 pages long, and a total of 30,821 words.

This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 38% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Spine of the Arctic Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 48 minutes to read The Spine of the Arctic aloud.

What Reading Level is The Spine of the Arctic?

The Spine of the Arctic is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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