The Calling and The Spell

About the Book

The Calling and the Spell, a companion to Siegfried Bucher's Dangerous Encounters, details Bucher's adventures in the Arctic after giving up a career in Engineering. The Calling and the Spell details the lure and the seduction of the vast and beautiful Arctic.

About the Author

Siegfried Bucher, a Swiss-born Canadian, was educated in Switzerland where he received, in 1951, the degree of Engineer. His preference for geophysical science led him to Canada where he was active in exploration for oil and gas, primarily in the Arctic regions of Canada. He was instrumental in developing seismic data gathering on ice. He pioneered the small-equipment Arctic exploration crew and the heli-portable mountain seismic crew, concepts for minimizing damage to the environment by using space age technology together with the re-introduction of man as the key figure. An experienced mountaineer, he made several successful first ascents on previously unclimbed peaks in the Rocky Mountains and Baffin Island.

Also by Siegfried Bucher:

Dangerous Encounters
The First Five Years
North of the Arctic Circle
A Pocketful of Stories