Natalie Warren - Author of  Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic

<div>Natalie Warren is a Minneapolis-based author, scholar, and public speaker on environmental issues. A lifelong paddler and river lover, she canoed the length of the Mississippi River and won first place in the Yukon River Quest in the women’s voyageur division, paddling 450 miles in fifty-three hours. A contributing writer to outdoor publications, she has worked with Bancroft Arnesen Explore, St. Croix River Association, and River Management Society, and she started a nonprofit to present urban rivers as natural, dynamic classrooms for youth. </div> <div> </div> <div>About - <a href= "https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/hudson-bay-bound" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/hudson-bay-bound&source=gmail&ust=1611101785269000&usg=AFQjCNHYgOXiY76u8b_WVkXX1R92KdQS3Q">Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic <em>Canoeing with the Cree</em>, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced unexpected trials, some harrowing, some simply odd. But for the two friends—the first women to make this expedition—there was one timeless challenge: the occasional pitfalls that test character and friendship. Warren’s spellbinding account retraces the women’s journey from inspiration to Arctic waters, giving readers an insider view from the practicalities of planning a three-month canoe expedition to the successful accomplishment of the adventure of a lifetime. </div> <div> </div> <div>Along the route we meet the people who live and work on the waterways, including denizens of a resort who supply much-needed sustenance; a solitary resident in the wilderness who helps plug a leak; and the people of the Cree First Nation at Norway House, where the canoeists acquire a furry