Entries by Clayton Anderson

Our inaugural voyage to New Zealand is almost here. We have two spaces left on this wildlife-rich itinerary. For any last minute travellers we have a special for you! Sign up by February 25 and receive complimentary accommodations prior to your voyage and six dozen fresh kiwis – that's seventy-two kiwis folks! What a deal!

Please contact Judy Harper for more information on our last minute special.

Email Judy or call 1-800-363-7566 ext 32.


Click here for more info

Adventure Canada has just completed it's first voyage to Africa, and what a journey it was! Aboard our 12-passenger Cessna Caravan, we left Jo-Berg and in the first few days we saw the "Big 5" - the rhino, leopard, lion, buffalo and elephant at our first camp, Mala Mala. The sightings would continue with everything from cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, hippos and baboons making an appearance.

Highlights included: a flight over Victoria Falls and the Okavango Delta in helicopters; showering outside, overlooking herds of zebra; sundowners in the Land Rovers; sitting among a herd of cape buffalo; elephants joining us for lunch... too much to list!

There will be an evolving photo library available on our site, make sure to check it out!

We're thinking "Same time next year?" Let us know if you're interested!


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Keep an eye out for the April/ May issue of The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine. The cover story, written by historian and Adventure Canada leader Ken McGoogan, is an article about sailing the fabled Northwest Passage.

Ken McGoogan is a thoughtful and well-informed historian whose passion and energy for his subject is infectious. Join Ken this year in the Arctic on Adventure Canada's High Arctic Adventure: September 18-30th, 2008. As we head north towards Kane Basin he will share with us the many interesting and, at times, obscure facts about Kane and exploration that he has picked up during his extensive research on Northern History.

February marks ten years of Judy Harper's loyal and dedicated service to Adventure Canada. Re-joining the work force after raising two (usually) wonderful children, Judy joined the AC team to assist with client services and reservations.

Over the past decade Judy has not only become a favourite with AC clients but our very own office mom, making sure that the driveway has been shoveled, we all have eaten our lunch and brushed our teeth before we go out in public. If we had beds here she probably would have tucked us in! Her enthusiasm for AC and genuine love of her clients is infectious and she leads through example in providing top care for our travellers. We congratulate Judy for putting up with all of us for as long as she has.

To celebrate her anniversary, Judy will be joined by her husband David in Tuscany this April. Judy many thanks for all of your contributions and hard work over the past ten years, we hope to see you for another ten!

Adventure Canada musician, Tom Barlow is hosting a CD release party for his indie band The Beautiful Unknown. The group has been together for three years now and Riot in the House of Ruin is their debut album. You can attend the party March 1, 2008 at:

El Mocambo
464 Spadina, Toronto

For more info, visit here

At the end of February join us at DeLeon White Gallery in Toronto to support the Pouch Cove Foundation. Since its inception in 1990, The Pouch Cove Foundation has provided a retreat for more than seven hundred visiting artists from around the world. The Foundation is located in a small town of the same name (pronounced pooch) twenty minutes drive north of St. John's, the capital of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Foundation is a not for profit organization that receives no operational funding from any arts council or government agency. It has been self-sustaining through the support of its founders and the participant residents.

The aim of the 2008 fundraiser is to bring the main residency and studio, an old school house, up to 2007 National Building Code standards and allow Pouch Cove to remain a center for creativity.

Preview: Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 12-8pm

Auction: Thursday, February 28th, 2008, 8 pm.

Location: Deleon White
1139 College Street (west of Dufferin)
Toronto, ON M6H 1 B5

Contact
Pouch Cove Foundation
P.O.Box 693
Pouch Cove, NL
A0A 3L0

James Baird
pouchcoveauction@hotmail.com
1 800 563 9100

For more information, visit the site

PhotoSensitive is inviting Canadians to pick up their cameras, reach into their communities and capture portraits of people whose lives have been affected by cancer. Founded in 1990, PhotoSensitive is a non-profit collective of photographers committed to harnessing the power of the camera to achieve social goals. The Cancer Project is an initiative to increase Canadians' awareness of how deeply this disease affects our society.

The goal is to engage Canadians in the fight against cancer through the faces of those closest to us – family, friends, neighbours, co-workers and colleagues – and their stories of hope, loss and survival.

Participation in The Cancer Project is open to all Canadians. Photographs can be submitted in JPG format to james@photosensitive.com. They must be accompanied by a signed release form as well as a caption of around 30 words, giving a description of the photo's subject/s and how they have been affected by cancer. Closing date for submissions for the Toronto exhibition is February 29, 2008.
PhotoSensitive also welcomes donations to help bring this ambitious project to fruition.
The exhibit will be edited by PhotoSensitive.

Join Adventure Canada this May as we explore the magni?cent fjords and spectacular islands of the Great Bear Rainforest on the British Columbian Coast. We'll travel aboard the 66 ft sailboat Achiever enjoying birds as well as grizzly and black bears, whales, and possibly wolves among pristine watersheds of towering forests. Heading up this wildlife-rich itinerary are Adventure Canada guides, Cam Gillies, Heidi Krajewsky and Stephen Stephen Anstee.

May 15 - 25, 2008

For more information please contact Rob Postma:
Email Rob or call 1-800-363-7566 ext. 34

Regarding the recent news of the MS Explorer and it's troubles in the Antarctic region:

Please be advised that this voyage is in no way associated with Adventure Canada. We have been a charterer of the vessel in the past, primarily in the Canadian Arctic, Newfoundland and Western Europe. Adventure Canada does not staff the MS Explorer outside of it’s charter period, primarily in the months of August and September.

We are immensely relieved that all passengers and crew are safe. We are saddened by this situation befalling such a capable and historic vessel and offer our condolences to GAP Adventures.

We are currently making arrangements to secure alternate vessels for our 2008 Season and do not, at this time, believe that there will be a major interruption in our intended programming.

An agreement is already in place for Adventure Canada to move the majority of its shipboard programming to the Clipper Adventurer for the 2009 season.

More information will be provided as it becomes available. Please check our website for updates.

This past Saturday, if you picked up the travel section in the Globe, this is what you would have seen. Read the article on Ken's journey to the Arctic with Adventure Canada this summer.

For more info on Ken McGoogan and his latest book, Lady Franklin's Revenge, visit his website at: www.kenmcgoogan.com