Narwhal Alert! "Narwhals portside!" An urgent rap on my door at 6:00 am put me into overdrive when I was merely thinking about Arctic Adventures. I grabbed coat, hat, gloves and camera and hurried up on deck. I was on a small yacht in Croker Bay on the south coast of Devon Island in the Nunavut Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Unicorns of … [Read more...]
Northwest Passage Arctic Adventure
The Search for an East West Route The quest for a passage linking Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the high Arctic has lured explorers for centuries, and it recently lured me on a Northwest Passage Arctic Adventure. Historically the route to the riches of the Orient, Cathay, and the spice trade was Overland on the Ancient Silk Road. Sea routes … [Read more...]
