Perseverance

Perseverance: Life and Death in the Subarctic

by Stephan Kesting

The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting—already no stranger to pushing his own physical limits—was faced with a rare illness, he knew the only way for him to recover in both body and mind was to dig even deeper.

Despite the dangers inherent in the subarctic, Kesting sets out on an unimaginably difficult journey. Completely alone in the wilderness for six weeks, where a single mistake could cost his life, Kesting followed in the footsteps of the native peoples and earliest explorers. In this deepest solitude and wracked with self-doubt, he found the strength to endure.

Perseverance is the moving and nail-biting account of his journey from near-death to a raw embrace of adventure and life. Inspirational, vulnerable, and honest, Kesting takes us with him on the epic endeavor and shares experiences from the wilderness that will help us hold on to hope in our darkest moments and show how we can find the strength to overcome any obstacle.

HC