{"product_id":"north-to-the-future-ben-weissenbach-9781538758335","title":"North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of Alaska","description":"\u003cb\u003eBen Weissenbach--an L.A. native with little prior wilderness experience--treks through the Alaskan tundra with a series of eccentric environmental scientists, and returns with a new perspective on technology and a revitalized sense of wonder for the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the age of twenty-one, college student Ben Weissenbach set out into the Alaskan wilderness armed with little more than inspiration from his literary heroes and a growing interest in climate change. What meets him there is a landscape both stark and awe-inspiring--a part of the world seen by few outside a small contingent of scientists with big personalities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There's Roman Dial, the larger-than-life field scientist who leads him on a five week journey into the Alaskan backcountry. There's Kenji Yoshikawa, the isolated researcher who leaves Ben alone for eleven days to care for his remote cabin, where temperatures at night drop to -49 degrees Fahrenheit. And there's Matt Nolan, the independent glaciologist who flies planes onto glaciers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Ben's mental and physical resilience is tested, he discovers far more than his own limits; struck by the landscape's staggering beauty and sheer indifference to humanity, Ben emerges from each experience with a new perspective on our modern relationships to technology--and a deep sense of wonder for our natural world.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Weissenbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538758334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538758335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.05d","brand":"Ben Weissenbach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489466568959,"sku":"9781538758335","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a05e46e7-d86a-4d84-8603-a76f87fb99d8.jpg?v=1736953635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/north-to-the-future-ben-weissenbach-9781538758335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}