Posts Tagged ‘adventure canada’
The Toronto Star makes Our Hero tingle?
Folks have been clamouring for an update. Maybe start with the fabulous reviews in The Toronto Star and January Magazine. The two are radically different, but both made me blush and tingle. Cut to this afternoon and “The Willow” in Hudson, Quebec, where we talked and taped for two hours. This was in aid of…
Read MoreWin a trip to Scotland!
Yes, it’s really happening. Adventure Canada and HarperCollins Canada are sponsoring a fabulous contest to celebrate the publication of How the Scots Invented Canada. You can win a free voyage through the Scottish Isles — that’s a free berth for one, plus a discount for a companion. How cool is that! I will be sailing…
Read MoreAdventure Canada joins HarperCollins in launching the Scots
So how cool was that? We had a bagpiper precede me to the stage, we had publisher Phyllis Bruce of HarperCollins Canada produce a bottle of champagne, and we had Matthew Swan announce a fantastic contest involving the book and my next voyage with Adventure Canada. The book is How the Scots Invented Canada. The…
Read MoreHow the Scots Invented Canada
Our Hero is heading for Halifax, Montreal, and Sherbooke to launch his new book, How the Scots Invented Canada. On October 12, his 7 p.m. appearance at Woodlawn Public Library (Dartmouth) will be televised for broadcast by Podium TV. Two weeks later, on Oct. 28, Ken will be in Montreal at the Atwater Public Library…
Read MoreThe Holy Grail of Arctic exploration history
The voyage came courtesy of Adventure Canada, which brought me aboard as a resource historian. The Montreal Gazette published the story on Sept. 3. The Vancouver Sun picked it up immediately. The excavation of the cairn may take three or four days. By Ken McGoogan Special to the Gazette GJOA HAVEN, King William Island, Nunavut…
Read MoreThe Nervous Breakdown Interview
Our hero turns up at The Nervous Breakdown, a wonderfully edgy site based in California. Here, besides the self-interview (punch that link) and the travel yarn below, you can find excerpts and more links. Hey, you gotta love it! HISTORY Following in the Wake of Elisha Kent Kane by KEN MCGOOGAN BEECHEY ISLAND 10 March…
Read MoreWho owns the Arctic?
Meanwhile, at the Globe and Mail, we find a review of Who Owns the Arctic? Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North, by Michael Byers, Douglas & McIntyre, 147 pages, $22.95 Reviewed by Ken McGoogan Published on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 For Arctic explorers seeking to enter the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic, one of the…
Read MoreOnce more into the Northwest Passage
This one, which turned up in the National Post, finds our hero sailing in the High Arctic with Adventure Canada. You gotta love the podcast, which becomes accessible through the link . . . . High Arctic: Travelling to the top of the world So this was the view that greeted explorer Samuel Hearne in…
Read MoreWhat? Almost autumn already?
This autumn, according to Savvy Reader, Our Hero will spend sixteen days sailing in the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada. Afterwards, he’ll wax eloquent about that voyage in two different cities while showcasing his book Race to the Polar Sea. On October 21, as part of The Eh List Author Series, Ken will speak at…
Read MorePolar Sea video draws on latest voyage
So here it is, my first YouTube video. It’s called Polar Sea, which is short for Race to the Polar Sea, and it draws on my latest Arctic voyage with Adventure Canada. We sailed north towards the Pole in the wake of Elisha Kent Kane, but didn’t get as far as he did. We didn’t…
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