Taking an expedition cruise with Adventure Canada in search of wildlife like polar bears, bowhead whales and walruses. [A version of this article was first published in 2008] It is a bright morning with chilly wind when the captain announces…
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I was in Whistler in July and was able to sit down with Arthur DeJong, Whistler Blackcomb’s Planning and Environmental Resource Manager. He had much to say about the sustainable development of the mountains, alternate energy projects, and how environmental…
Hiking among the cacti in the Sonoran Desert makes sense, but kayaking? On my recent trip to the greater Phoenix area, I was able to do both on the same day. Hiking in the Sonoran Desert Equipped with two bottles…
I’ve stood on the 137 metre (450 feet) long and 70 metre (250 feet) high swinging bridge many times throughout my life. As a kid, it was thrilling, as a teenager, it was cool, and as an adult, well, it’s…
The night was still, the sky fast asleep, and the stars the only other things awake. My friend Jordan and I left the handful of people not sleeping and venture out into the silent desert. We are staying in a…
We had heard that there was a precipitous break in the trail that had to be shimmied over on a skinny rock ledge. Every time we came to a drop off, we would say to each other, “Is this the…
