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Long, Chris, 1991-

The boy from Gorge River : from New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond / Chris Long. - Auckland, New Zealand : HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. - 312 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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.

ISBN: 9781775541776 1775541770

LCCN: 2021392244

Subjects--Personal Names:
Long, Chris, 1991- --Childhood and youth.
Long, Chris, 1991- --Travel.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Self-reliant living--New Zealand--Westland District.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Westland District (N.Z.)--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: CS71 / .L849 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 993.71