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Above the60
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Mountain Life
contributor JasonVanBruggen recently produced this short video of remote and
pristine northernCanada for The Explorers Club annual film festival.“I used footage from a few
assignments and imagined a single story of explorationwhich embodiesmy reverence for these
places of unspeakable beauty,” saysVanBruggen.
DudeMaking aDifference
RobGreenfield cycled through the heart of NorthAmerica from coast to coast on a bamboo bike.
During the journey he produced just one tiny bag of garbage, never used fossil fuels, and dined
on food either found, given to him, or liberated from dumpsters.We review his new book
Dude
Making aDifference
.
Peopleof a Feather
Inuit onHudsonBay’s remote Belcher Islands have relied onArctic eider ducks for food and
clothing for generations.The feather of this sea-ice dweller is thewarmest in theworld.And now,
thanks toGoogleMaps, people from around theworld can explore this extraordinary and fragile
part of Canada that theArctic eider calls home.
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