Skip to Content
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 11
book

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 11

by Mark Frauenfelder
August 2007
Intermediate to advanced
190 pages
7h 38m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 11

RETROSPECT The 1977 Gulf of Alaska Baidarka Expedition

By George Dyson

Thirty years ago, the now-ubiquitous sea kayak was a rarity on the Pacific Northwest coast. The fleets of Aleut baidarkas that had swept through Southeast Alaska in the 19th century had vanished without a trace. In 1977, a small group of boatbuilders decided to bring the baidarka back to life ...

image

1. Two hundred years ago, the coastline of Alaska was governed by the Russian-American Company, a monopoly chartered in 1799 by Emperor Paul under the posthumous instructions of his mother, Catherine the Great. The Russian colonization of North America, beginning with Vitus Bering’s ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement

Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement

John Baichtal
Make: Like The Pioneers

Make: Like The Pioneers

The Editors of Make:
BioCoder #9

BioCoder #9

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781680456103Errata Page