We deviated from the historic Northwest Passge by sailing through Bellot Strait. This helped us avoid sea ice that we would have →

No matter which you choose, the name of this hamlet is difficult to pronounce. Uqshuuqtuq is the Inuit name and Gjøa Haven is →

For centuries, men searched for a shipping route from Europe through the Arctic waters to Asia. It wasn’t until 1906 that

No one knows why an Arctic island was named after the Swedish opera star Jenny Lind. She toured →

Today turned out to be a sea day—steaming through Coronation Gulf. Our onboard marine biologist, Pierre Richard, said that →

The cruise through the Northwest Passage started in Kugluktuk, a remote hamlet in Nunavut, Canada located above the Arctic Circle →

Great Basin National Park sits on the eastern side of Nevada. To get to Califonia from there requires driving route 50, which is called →

Great Basin National Park is one of the few areas where you can find the bristlecone pine. A short hike (2.8 miles round trip) with some →

Great Basin became a National Park in 1986. Its relatively isolated location attracts only 200,000 visitors per year. That’s approximately →

When I went to Snowbird I expected to learn about the wildflowers and animals in that area. Indeed I did. The pot gut squirrel →

When most people think of Snowbird, they imagine skiing downhill. For me, it means hiking downhill. After getting off the tram at →

The first thing most ski resorts turn to when trying to attract a summer crowd is mountain biking. Not all of us mountain bike. Even if →

Bryce Canyon National Park claims to have the largest concentration of hoodoos found anywhere on the planet. Hoodoos are columns of rock →

Looking at this image it’s impossible to tell that it’s 117º F outside. Yet if you had been in the hotel room when I placed my bare foot →

As beautiful as Yosemite is, at this time of year I prefer driving through the park, over Mono pass, and heading for the Mammoth Lakes →

Most people would agree that August is the best time to visit Seattle, when the temperature can get as high as 77 °F and chances of →

I stood outside my tent after waking up from a night in the desert and noticed the camp staff scurrying about with tables and chairs. They →

Camels are too tall to mount while they are standing—either by flying leap or stirrup as you would mount a horse. The camel has →

After almost a week of touring Morocco and sleeping in wonderful hotels, I arrived at camp on the edge of the Sahara desert. This would be →

Traveling medicine shows became popular in the United States in the mid 1800’s and continued in popularity into the 20th century. The →