Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey Audiobook (Free)

Penguin presents the audiobook model of Kings of the Yukon by Andy Weymouth, read by Charlie Anson.

The Yukon river is over 2,000 mls long, flowing northwest from Canada through the Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea. Every summer, thousands of King salmon migrate the distance of this river to their spawning grounds, where they breed and expire, in what is the longest salmon operate in the globe. For the areas that live along the Yukon, the fish have always been the about Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Trip lifeblood of the economy and local culture. But with the consequences of climate modify and a globalized economy, medical and numbers of the King salmon are in question, as may be the fate of the neighborhoods that depend to them.

Travelling in a canoe along the Yukon as the salmon migrate, a four-month journey through untrammeled wilderness, Adam Weymouth traces the profound interconnectedness from the people as well as the seafood through searing portraits of the individuals he encounters. He offers a robust, nuanced glimpse in to the erosion of indigenous lifestyle, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world. Weaving in the annals from the salmon run and their mysterious life routine, Kings from the Yukon is outstanding adventure and character writing at its many compelling.