The boy from Gorge River : from New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond / Chris Long.

The early years -- A typical day -- Planes, choppers and boats -- Visitors -- Walking out to town -- Making do -- My teenage years -- Correspondence School -- Flying the nest -- Adapting to a new way of life -- Climbing Mitre Peak -- Voyage to Antarctica -- Possuming at Ryans Creek -- Twenty-one and off to travel the globe -- Bringing a girl home -- Sailing the Northwest Passage -- Working at Scott Base -- Living with huskies in Norway.

"A memoir by a young man who grew up in 'New Zealand's remotest family', living in a cabin in the far southwest of the South Island, it recounts his unusual upbringing, the skills it gave him and how he has subsequently adjusted to and thrived in the outside world, including travelling the globe "--Publisher information.