This Website“There’s way too much cloud up ahead,” said our Cessna pilot, betraying an iota of fluster that marred his showy demeanour of unflinching calm. We were on a two-hour glacier flight over Canada’s highest peaks, yet the promised view of…
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In 1950, Wilbert Smith, an electrical engineer with the Canadian Department of Transport, began work on a study called Project Magnet. His research examined the potential for the earth’s magnetic fields to be used for vehicle propulsion. On the surface,…
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In 1954, American writer Darrell Huff penned How to Lie with Statistics—a seminal 20th century book, still in print today, which argues that statistical data is largely a game of swindles and cheats used to misrepresent reality. Those sympathetic to…
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“Keep your camera out. You never know when you might see something,” Brad Trent says, as he navigates a bumpy logging road in our camouflage-detailed UTV, a golf cart-style contraption for bushmen. When we come to a stop at a…
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You know you’re nearing Meziadin Junction when the more prosaic stretch of spectacular Northern British Columbia highway you’ve been following is brought to life by a rising crown of luminous peaks – and that distant glint grows to become an…
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Unalaska Island is situated in the Aleutian archipelago where the North Pacific Ocean meets the Bearing Sea. It is home to the largest seafood and fishing port in the United States and is the shooting location for Discovery Channel’s hit reality…
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