Like a soft, stretched-out sweater you’ve had for decades or a faded, well-worn jean jacket, I have a favorite pair of slacks. They earned my esteem not because of a fantastic fit, a comfortable fabric, or a trendy style. I like them mostly because of a small label that’s sewn onto a flap of material [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arctic expeditions’
Adventures into Other Lives
Sitting on a pretty hilltop on the Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland, there’s a little bed-and-breakfast in the quiet, seaside village of Trinity. I stayed there one night, in the summer of 2007, surrounded by meadows and the Atlantic Ocean. The room I occupied had polished-wood floors, a down comforter on the bed, and a small [...]
Welcome, Jane Whitney!
If you receive the Adventure Corner E-newsletter from Explorers’ Corner, you’ve already learned of our fortuitous acquisition: we are now partners in adventure with Whitney & Smith Legendary Expeditions.
This acclaimed company from Canmore, Alberta, has offered superlative wilderness expeditions to the far ends of the earth since 1986, pioneering trips in the Canadian High Arctic, [...]
