Adventure Canada's News - AC Events

4th Annual Rabbie Burns Polar Plunge!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:40:56 -0500

Join us on Sunday, January 22, 2012 for the 4th annual Rabbie Burns Polar Dip in balmy Port Credit. Held in honour of the famed Scottish poet's 252nd birthday, Adventure Canada's polar dip will see some of the GTA's finest authors, musicians and personalities take the plunge for a good cause.

We ask that swimmers gather pledges for participation. All funds raised will go directly to the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre. The Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre serves Inuit children and youth from birth to 13 years of age and their families to provide Inuit children and youth with a learning environment that will enhance their overall development; to foster positive parenting through support and education; and to promote the retention of the Inuit culture and language. AC will provide a loot bag to the person that collects the greatest amount in pledges.

RSVP - Required for swimmers and the party afterwards at the Harp. sheryl@adventurecanada.com or 905-271-4000

Where: Lake Front Promenade Park, 800 Lakefront Promenade in Mississauga.

Directions: From QEW drive south on Cawthra to Lakeshore Rd. Turn east and drive to Lakefront Promenade Park (look out for park sign). Turn right on Lakefront Promenade and follow to the end, and park in the A.E. Crookes Headland lot (next to the Mississauga Sailing Club and the Port Credit Yacht Club.

When: Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 1:00 pm

Following: Addressing the Haggis, Poetry and Music with Tom Barlow & friends at the Harp, 55 Lakeshore Rd. East, Mississauga.

Love all things Celtic? Join us on our inaugural Circumnavigation of Ireland, May 4-14, 2012. To reserve your space, please email Sheryl.

Ottawa Info Session and Events!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:38:29 -0500

Join Adventure Canada Vice-President, Cedar Swan, for an information session on award winning tours to Newfoundland and Labrador. Adventure Canada specializes in soft adventure and offers an array of experiences from the northern tip of Labrador, to the bustling metropolis of St. John's. Our presentation will emphasis two 2012 shipboard expeditions: the Newfoundland Circumnavigation and Greenland and Wild Labrador both aboard the comfortable 120 passenger - Adventurer. Are you a landlubber? Consider one of Adventure Canada's small group excursions throughout the province, hiking and camping in Labrador, photography adventures in Eastern and Western Newfoundland, fall colours, a study of arts and culture in St. John's or participate in the centenary seminar on the Titanic tragedy. Join us and learn more about what adventures await. RSVP necessary. Please indicate which adventure you are most interested in.

When: Jan 31

Time: 7 pm

Where: Valberg Imaging

RSVP: rsvp@adventurecanada.com

Join one of Canada's most celebrated Arctic photographers, Michelle Valberg, for a visual exploration of Canada's north. Share in Michelle's many journeys, learn the stories behind the weathered faces, magnificent creatures and light that shapes the land of the midnight sun. Tempt yourself to visit the far reaches of our nation. Michelle will discuss her northern adventures, her recent exhibit at the Museum of Nature and her human outreach endeavour, Project North.

When: Feb 4, 2012

Time: 3 pm

Where: Northern Lights Showcase, Ottawa Convention Centre

RSVP: rsvp@adventurecanada.com

Save the Date! AC Mini-Expedition and Reunion - November 13

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:50:01 -0400

In Adventure Canada's first annual Mini-Expedition and Reunion, we will be taking to the waters of the Toronto Harbour. Join us on Sunday afternoon, November 13, 2011 aboard the fabulous Captain Matthew Flinders (Swan).

This Mini-Expedition is open to everyone, please feel free to bring your friends! Boarding time is 2pm, sailing at 2:30, retuning to the dock at Queen's Quay for 6:30pm - disembark for 7pm.

Tickets are just $20 for Cabin Category 10 (there are no other categories... nor are there cabins) making this the most affordable Adventure Canada Expedition of all time!

The 5-hour expedition will include:

Daily Program, Reading and Clothing lists
Expedition cruising around Toronto Harbour
Mini Lectures from AC Expedition staff
Live performances from some of AC's favourite musicians
Dancing
Fabulous AC-style prizes
Dancercise (see below)
Daily recap
Lunch!

For more info on the ship, please click here.

Space is limited to 200 guests, is on a first-come basis, and this is going to be a serious amount of fun!

Please confirm your attendance by calling our office at 1-800-363-7566, 905-271-4000 or email us at rsvp@adventurecanada.com

New 2012 International Brochure in the mail featuring New Zealand!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:48:28 -0400

Our new brochure has been released and is in the mail right now, hopefully en route to you! If we don't have you mailing address and you'd like to receive the new 2012 International Brochure, please do send us an email or give us a call, we'd be happy to get one in the mail to you!

Inside you'll find our new offerings, including our New Zealand voyage aboard the Oceanic Discoverer, and a new instalment of our Celtic Quest, our Circumnavigation of Ireland aboard the Clipper Adventurer.

Can't wait? You can get a look at the brochure right now by clicking here!

Mission: Arctic Clean-Up

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:46:58 -0400

Adventurers on Greenland & Wild Labrador got a first hand look at Adventure Canada's Arctic Clean-Up Mission along the Torngat Mountains National Park in Northern Labrador. This project, in partnership with Parks Canada, involved identifying over 80 sites within the Torngat Mountains National Park that contained garbage, including hundreds of old fuel drums. Due to the materials found on these sites, extensive testing was conducted for possible contamination and removing the contamination and garbage from the park.

The coast of Labrador is a favourite destination among the Adventure Canada staff, and Adventure Canada jumped at the opportunity to help clean up the park. On September 23, Adventure Canada removed over 150 fuel drums onto the Clipper Adventurer, bringing them south so that they could be responsibly disposed of.

The clean-up mission will continue next year. In total over 40,000 lbs of garbage and fuel drums was removed from the park and surrounding Nunatsiavut through a partnership with Cruise North in 2010 and Adventure Canada in 2011.

Missed out this year? We're booking our 2012 Greenland and Wild Labrador program now. Click here for more info!

Tom Barlow Releases New Album

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:46:11 -0400

AC Canada staff member Tom Barlow (know in the industry as "Barlow") has just released his new album "Burning Days". The first single 'Steal Like A Billionaire' is a satiric look at the global financial crisis and features a music video shot, in part, on the Clipper Adventurer during the recent AC trip to Greenland and Labrador. The video features several of the trip's staff and passengers. To have a listen to the album or to purchase it click on this link.

You can check out the video on YouTube by clicking here.

Doug Gibson's Book Hits Stores and his Show Goes on the Road!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:42:55 -0400

The book, STORIES ABOUT STORYTELLERS: Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau, and Others, is now available

everywhere, published by ECW Press (ISBN : 978-1-77041-068-8 ), and aided by fine reviews in the National Post ("He has a fine authorial voice, conversational in tone, like the best storytellers") and the Winnipeg Free

Press ("Delightful.")

Meanwhile his travelling one-man show, with precisely the same title, is hitting the road in October with the following dates:

Vancouver Writers' Festival, October 18

Victoria, October 19

Toronto Harbourfront I.F.O.A., October 22

Ottawa Writers' Festival, October Sunday 23.

Precise details of these performances are give at his website, www.douglasgibsonbooks.com.

along with details of his November visits.

More to come!

All members of the Adventure Canada clan are very welcome at all of these events, when the author's hand-shaking and book-signing hand will be in fine shape.

Virtual Exhibition Part Two: Realm of the Polar Bear

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:41:29 -0400

Houston North Gallery's second virtual exhibition presents a selection of 30 recent sculptures from Nunavut inspired by the magnificence of the polar bear. Do come in and have a look around! Also visit (or revisit) our first virtual exhibition, "The Spirit World," which will continue through October.

Please click here to visit the Realm of the Polar Bear Exhibition.

Please click here for The Spirit World Exhibition.

Ian Tamblyn Produces CD from Out of the Northwest Passage and Greenland Labrador Voyages

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:40:25 -0400

Ian Tamblyn is busy working on the CD from Out the NWP and the Greenland and Wild Labrador Voyages. In total there will be 17 songs - includes all requests by signed up passengers. For those still wishing to purchase this "gem" email Ian here and include your mailing address and a cd will come to you.

For those who have already ordered, it should be in the mail next week!

Bowhead Whales United by Climate Change

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:38:51 -0400

Adventure Canada travellers are now familiar with the fact that climate change is taking place at a rapid pace in Canadian Arctic waters. For the past decade, and particularly this year, summer ice cover has been at an all time low in Parry Channel, the northern route of the famed Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic archipelago.

Up till now, the Beaufort Sea bowhead whale population was thought to be separated by heavy Central Arctic summer ice from the other North American bowhead whale population, which summers around Baffin Island. Well, the heavy summer ice cover no longer exists and last summer Greenland and Alaskan biologists, using satellite-linked tracking devices, watched in amazement the tracks of two whales, one from the Beaufort Sea, the other from Baffin Island waters, track into Viscount Melville Sound and share that passage for a period of ten days.

Add to that this summer's observation of narwhals near Cambridge Bay, a rare occurrence for a species normally summering at least 400 kilometres east of that community. Both events are unusual and they raise a broader question: are these exceptional or are entire populations of Arctic whales changing their distribution in response to receding summer ice. Continued research is required to establish that.

Experience the Arctic fr yourself next summer, there is still plenty of selection on ourEpic High Arctic program. Click here for more info!

Inuit Art Auction is a First!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:34:26 -0400

Walker's Fine Art & Estate Auctioneers mounts its first Inuit art auction in Ottawa on November 13th. The auction includes 300 Inuit works from important estates and collections including the estate of John and Mary Robertson, pioneer dealers of Inuit art, and the collection of Norman Hallendy, ethnogeographer and author of two fascinating books on inuksuit. Mr. Hallendy will present an illustrated talk at each of the previews. The auction also presents 100 First Nations, Oceanic and African art works.

The Inuit art includes important sculptures from the 1950s, 1960s and beyond, a fine group of prints and drawings, and a stunning collection of early ivories. All works were researched and catalogued by Ingo Hessel, author of Inuit Art: An Introduction and co-curator of Inuit Modern: Art from the Samuel and Esther Collection at the AGO.

Toronto preview: November 5-6

Ottawa preview: November 12-13

Live auction: Ottawa, Sunday, November 13 at noon

(Absentee, telephone and Internet bidding available)

Hallendy lectures: Toronto, November 5 and Ottawa, November 12

Catalogue: On-line, or printed copy on request

More information: www.walkersauctions.com

1-866-224-5814 (Walker's); 613-818-2100 (Ingo Hessel)

Reminder: The Pig Roast is April 3! Don't Miss Your Chance to RSVP

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:57:09 -0400

Low and behold we are holding a Pig Roast and Kitchen Party to celebrate the return of Spring and yet another successful trip around the Sun by our Rear Admiral - Matthew Swan.

When: Sunday April 3, 2011

Time: Begins at 1:00 pm

Special presentations

at 3:00pm & 4:00pm

Where: Hedgerow Farm, 45 minutes north east of Toronto

What's Special:

Roast Pig on a spit, looks a lot like Matthew

Vegetarian Pig, that also looks a lot like Matthew

Lots of other great food offerings on the Potluck Tab

Music, all afternoon from the AC musical family

Property Tours (See below)

32 two storey sauna, largest in the neighbourhood

Snooker Room

An afternoon of music headed up by Tyler Yarema's Red Hot Players, Tom Kovacs, Washboard Hank, Dave Marshak and Rebecca Burgum the Karaoke master

You :-)

RSVP Now!

RSVP is essential, please call us at (905) 271-4000, toll-free at 1-800-363-7566 or email us at rsvp@adventurecanada.com. Please include in your RSVP if you intend to join one of our travel sessions.

We will supply a map with your confirmation.

Contributions for salads, dessert and wine pot-luck table welcome, but not required.

Admission is, of course, free.

Only Two Spots Left on our Haida Gwaii Adventure!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:56:18 -0400

Haida Gwaii is an amazing area with over 100 islands, beautiful forested creek walks, rugged exposed headlands, and protected passageways between towering mountains. Theories suggest that parts of Haida Gwaii escaped the last ice age, forming a glacier refuge for certain forms of plant and animal life. How else to explain the presence of plant species found nowhere else in the world, and noticeably different sub-species of bird, fish and mammal? The Queen Charlottes provide a remarkable evolutionary showcase - thus, their description as the "Canadian Galapagos". Guided by Haida Watchmen, we will journey through history as we visit ancient Haida Villages lining the BC Coast. Small ship travel through this unforgettable landscape allows us to voyage to places not reachable by land. We wind our way through the archipelago to enjoy all this beauty...All aboard!

July 15-24, 2011 aboard the 14-passenger sailboat, the Island Roamer.

For more information, please click here or email Judy, judy.harper@adventurecanada.com

Explore Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula this Summer!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:55:27 -0400

The Avalon Peninsula has been rated by National Geographic Traveler magazine as the world's number one coastal destination. Come experience it first hand with photographer and naturalist Dennis Minty and his partner Antje Springmann. On this small group tour, they will take you to the heart of the most easterly corner of North America, still largely undiscovered by the vast majority of travellers. It is a tour for photographers of all levels, their companions and the artistically-minded. Book soon, their Gros Morne National Park and western Newfoundland tour is already sold out!

July 17-23, 2011

For more information, please click here or email Judy, judy.harper@adventurecanada.com

You can also join Dennis in the Arctic this year on our Greenland & Wild Labrador Expedition. Check out his tribute to Polar Bears by clicking below.

Polar Bear Tribute

Upcoming Arctic Nuts & Bolts Sessions!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:54:20 -0400

April 18    @ Canmore Public Library, Canmore (with AC staffer Jerry Kobalenko)- 5:30 pm

April 20    @ University of Calgary, Calgary (with AC staffer Jerry Kobalenko)- 7:00 pm

May 4      @ Atwater Library, Montreal - 6:30 pm

May 5      @ Valberg Imaging, Ottawa - 7:00 pm

May 10    @ Fort Garry Hotel, Edmonton - 7:00 pm

May 12    @ Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver - 7:00 pm

May 14    @ Victoria Central Library, Victoria - 2:00pm

May 24    @ Prince George Hotel, Halifax - 7:00 pm

June 13   @ The Horticultural Society, New York - 7:00 pm

RSVP for each event is necessary. Please send an email to rsvp@adventurecanada.com (Please put the location in the subject line) or phone 1-800-363-7566.

Congratulations Michelle Valberg!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:52:29 -0400

In January, Michelle was awarded the "Order of the Good Bear" by the Children's Hopsital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Foundation for her work and dedication to CHEO over the years. Congrats Michelle!

For those visiting Ottawa over the coming months, don't forget to visit Michelle's Arctic Kaleidoscope at the Canadian Museum of Nature.

Check out her promo video below:

Arctic Kaleidoscope - The People, Wildlife & Ever-Changing Landscape

For more information on the exhibition please click here.

Michelle will be joining us on our sold-out 2011 Into the Northwest Passage Expedition.

Updates from Ian Tamblyn

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:51:40 -0400

Ian is currently touring Canada's West Coast; upon his return Ian will continue to work on Part 3 of the Four Coast Project - The Arctic: Walking the Bones of the Past.

Ian has also just published his first songbook, Voice in the Wilderness. It features fifty songs and chord charts, open tunings and online links to his songs. The collection is published by North Track Records, and is available through www.tamblyn.com or North Track Records, Box 68 Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6C3 .

Ian will also be a guest at the Kingston Writer's Festival, in Kingston Ontario on April 10th.

Join Ian aboard the Clipper Adventurer this Summer on our Atlantic Arts Float. For more information, please click here or email Sheryl Saint at sheryl@adventurecanada.com

Marshall Dane Tour Dates!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:49:48 -0400

AC Musician Marshall Dane touring Ontario over the coming months! Check out his schedule below:

March 16: opening for Doc Walker, Ottawa

March 26: Junofest, with Dean Brody El Macombo, Toronto,

March 25 - April 10:

Joining the Rowdy Boys Tour with Gord Bamford and Aaron Pritchett

Aprill 22, 23: The Corral, Oshawa

May 13: Habitat For Humanity, North Bay

Please visit www.marshalldane.com/tour for more details

Remembering Simeonie

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:44:04 -0400

Simeonie Amagoalik of Resolute, NU passed away on March 2 at the age of 77 after losing his battle with cancer.

Many of you would remember Simeonie during our stop at Resolute where he would invite us into his house and share his carvings.

One of Simeonie's last and one of his biggest works is the monument commemorating the High Arctic relocatees - a life-sized granite carving of a man which was unveiled in September 2010.

A new chapter in Arctic polar cruising

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:22:18 -0500

For Immediate Release:

February 16, 2011

A New Chapter in Arctic Polar Cruising

Adventure Canada takes majority stake in a new partnership with Cruise North Expeditions

Cruise North Expeditions, a subsidiary of the Inuit-owned Makivik Corporation, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Adventure Canada that will continue to offer polar cruises with the cultural content and Inuit staffing that has become a trademark of Cruise North Expeditions.

In 2011, Cruise North Expeditions departures will be merged with Adventure Canada’s Clipper Adventurer schedule, including dedicated CNE programming. The Clipper Adventurer, a sister ship of Lyubov Orlova has benefited from extensive renovation and offers an ideal blend of safety, comfort and functionality that makes it a leader in the field. Cruise North passengers will enjoy enhanced comfort and programming through the new joint venture.

Beginning in 2012, Adventure Canada and Cruise North Expeditions will each continue their traditional offerings of dedicated sailings with Inuit staff, itineraries and programs specially designed to bring benefit and opportunity to the people who call the Arctic home.

About Cruise North Expeditions

Cruise North Expeditions was founded in 2005 by the Makivik Corporation of Quebec, a highly successful investment corporation born of the first modern-day Aboriginal land claim settlement agreement in Canada (the JBNQA of 1975). Makivik also owns the well-respected First Air and Air Inuit. Cruise North Expeditions earned a place on Conde Nast Traveller’s prestigious “Green List” for their environmental efforts and commitment to helping preserve Inuit culture through tourism. For more information on Cruise North Expeditions please visit http://www.cruisenorthexpeditions.com or call 1-866-263-3220?

About Makivik Corporation

Makivik Corporation is an Inuit organization mandated to protect the rights, interests and financial compensation provided by the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, the first comprehensive Inuit land claim in Canada, and the more recent offshore Nunavik Inuit Land Claim Agreement that came into effect in 2008. Makivik actively promote the preservation of the Inuit culture of Nunavik communities.

For more information on Makivik Corporation please visit http://www.makivik.org

About Adventure Canada

Adventure Canada is an award-winning tour operator based in Mississauga, Ontario that has been providing comfortable and educational voyages to the Arctic, and the world, since 1988. With a special blend of academics, thoughtfully planned itineraries, high quality lecturers and programming and old fashioned fun, Adventure Canada’s innovative style has been recognized by fellow leaders in the travel industry with recent awards from the Travel Industry Association of Canada Business of the Year Award, Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador’s Cruise Vision Award and the National Geographic Top 100 Tour Company Award. For more information on Adventure Canada please visit http://www.adventurecanada.com or call 1-800-363-7566.

Media & Marketing contacts:

Clayton Anderson Rebecca Burgum

clayton@adventurecanada.com rebecca@adventurecanada.com

clayton@cruisenorthexpeditions.com rebecca@cruisenorthexpeditions.com
Phone: 905-271-4000 x21 Phone: 905-271-4000 x28

All's well with Igor and the Ocean Nova

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:24:37 -0400

An update for family members and friends of travellers on the Newfoundland Circumnavigation aboard the Ocean Nova. All is well in the wake of Hurricane Igor - it canceled out stop in Red Bay, but the ship arrived safe and sound in the Gros Morne National Park area this morning and the Adventurers are enjoying the park today.

Clipper Adventurer UPDATE: September 1, 2:13PM EST

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:19:15 -0400

September 1, 2010

Guests aboard the grounded M/V Clipper Adventurer all arrived safely back in Edmonton. Shortly after 14:00 on the 30th of August, passengers and staff entered the Edmonton Airport and were brought to the Adventure Canada comfort centre located at the Executive Royal Inn near the Edmonton Airport. Guests lunched and were assisted with travel arrangements home.

Unfortunately, the remainder of the 2010 Clipper Adventurer season is cancelled. We looked forward to sailing aboard her again next year.

The Captain and crew of Clipper Adventurer
The Canadian Coast Guard
The wonderful community of Kugluktuk
The charter team at Canadian North Airlines
The fabulous team at the Edmonton International Airport
Enterprise Car Rentals
Jason Pollmeier and the staff at the Executive Royal Inn at Edmonton Airport

We would also like to thank all of our travellers for your incredible compassion, understanding and patience throughout this unexpected adventure.

Clipper Adventure Update

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:26:01 -0400

August 28th , 2010, Mississauga, ON, Canada.

At approximately 1910 local time (GMT-7) on August 27th, 2010

MV Clipper Adventurer, en-route from Port Epworth to Kugluktuk NU, was grounded on an uncharted rock at 67 58 N 112 40 W. At the time the seas were calm, sunny conditions and good visibility with no wind or swell.

Efforts of the vessel's crew to dislodge the vessel during high tide on August 28th were unsuccessful.

The vessel now rests with a slight list. Conditions are stabilized. All passengers and crew are safe and unharmed. Weather remains favourable as passengers continue to enjoy onboard programming and hospitality.

Canadian authorities have been notified and the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Amundsen is en-route set to arrive 0900 August 29th to assist with disembarking passengers.

Flight arrangements have been made to ensure passengers return to Edmonton for the evening of August 29th.

For inquiries please contact the Adventure Canada office 905 271 4000.

New International Brochure Available

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:40:38 -0400

Get a sneak peek at the new 2011 International Adventures Brochure before it gets mailed out to the general public! Click the cover below to visit our brochures section!

Featured Destination: Greenland

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:19:55 -0400

Why a visit to the world's largest island will leave you awestruck!

The Town of Ilulissat - Dennis Minty

Despite it's name, you'll experience gargantuan icebergs almost everywhere in Greenland

In the Disko Bay, icebergs often rise up to 100 meters above the waterline - keep in mind that 90 percent of an iceberg is hidden below the surface of the sea

The breathtaking Arctic scenery is almost endless on the world's largest island, and with a total population of only 55,000 you are truly on your own as soon as you leave one of the small towns and settlements

Human civilization is the exception in this country. The mountains, valleys, rivers and gigantic ice cap are practically virgin land

The midnight sun can be encountered north of the Polar Circle. In Ilulissat, for example, the sun never sets from May 25th to July 25th, and during that period "normal" calendar time is
virtually non-operative

The northern lights - white, yellow, green and red they sweep across the dark sky in a state of eternal, rapid flux. They accummulate in intensity and culminate in scenery beyond imagination

Northern lights appear all year round in Greenland, but they can only be observed against a clear, dark night sky. They appear at a height of about 100 kilometers (65 miles) and have the shape of a flapping curtain or points radiating from a single dot

Experience Greenland for yourself on one of our summer expeditions:
Arctic Quest: July 23-August 2, 2010
Into the Northwest Passage: August 14-28, 2010
Greenland & Wild Labrador: September 12-25, 2010

When in Doubt, include Barney Rubble!

nospam@example.com (Clayton Anderson) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:17:14 -0400

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Congratulations, Chris Cormier, winner of Adventure Canada's Arctic Apprenticeship Contest! For the past few months young scholars from around the world have been submitting youtube videos highlighting climate change and
its importance to today's youth. The response was overwhelming, and many thoughtful and entertaining entries were received. The "Climate Rap" however took home the grand prize of a voyage this summer through the Northwest Passage.

Chris is a 15-yr-old student who attends Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he will be a junior in the fall. Chris is interested in the Science and Medical fields, is a member of his High School's Environmental and Chemistry clubs as
well as the track, and cross country teams. His hobbies include skiing, travelling, hiking and being outdoors. We look forward to getting to know Chris better as we sail through the Northwest Passage this August.

Check out Chris' video and all the other submissions
by clicking here.

Would you like to join Chris and Claes Nobel in the Arctic this Summer?
There is limited space left on our Into the Northwest Passage Expedition, August 14 -28, 2010. For more information please click here or email Loretta at Loretta@adventurecanada.com

You're Invited to Andrew Qappik: Pangnirtung Memories

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:37:37 -0400

You are invited to attend Andrew Qappik's solo exhibition at the
Winnipeg Art Gallery!

Some of you were lucky enough to travel
with Andrew on 2009's Into the Northwest Passage Expedition.

Andrew's
works have been included in every Pangnirtung print
collection, and he is well-known throughout the North for his design of
the Nunavut flag and the territory's coat-of-arms and official logo.

This
exhibiton marks the donation to the Gallery of a complete
collection of 140 of Qappik's catalogued and uncatalogued ("personal")
prints by Dr. H.G. Jones, a past traveller and long-time friend of
Adventure Canada.

It's an important first
solo exhibition for this respected artist, and features a selection of
limited-edition prints spanning his graphic career. It is another in a
series of WAG exhibitions of second- and third-generation Inuit artists
who are expressing personal and contemporary concerns.

Exhibition
sponsored by The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation and FirstAir.

For
more information on the exhibition please click here.

Let the
Arctic take your breath away and leave you with lasting inspiration on
our Arctic Quest. For more information, please click here or email Matthew
James by clicking here.

Congratulations Rob!

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:49:52 -0400

Photo" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs027/1102045886931/img/393.jpg" />AC Photographer
Robert Poulton was awarded this month with a "Best Editorial
Series Photography" by the industry magazine "Applied
Arts"
and will be featured in the new issue of the magazine. The recognized
series was a collection of portraits of the Inuit and included photos
of our very own Pakak Innuksuk and Aaju Peter captured during Adventure
Canada's High Arctic Adventure 2009. You'll also notice many of his
other photos included in our recent brochures.

The complete
winning
series can be seen online
at by clicking here or
visiting Rob's website.

The
winning
series is also being featured at an up coming gallery show in
July. More details to follow...

Join Rob at our Toronto Nuts
& Bolts Session this Thursday, May 27 for a brief introduction to
Arctic Photography - RSVP by clicking here.

A Little Less Arctic

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:52:55 -0400

A
new scientific book has been produced by Springer Publishing, titled
A
little less Arctic: top predators in the world's largest northern
inland sea, Hudson Bay. It focuses on marine mammals and birds in
Hudson Bay, and the current
and expected effects of climate change on their ecology. Two AC
resource staff, Mark Mallory and Pierre Richard, have written
chapters in the book, and Mark was one of the three editors. If
you're interested in delving into some of the science on climate
change, polar bears, whales and murres, this book is written by
experts on these topics in Canada. Information on the book is
available by clicking here.

Join
Pierre Richard on our Into the Northwest Passage Expedition, find out
more by clicking here.

Join Mark
Mallory on our Out of the Northwest Passage Expedition, find out more by clicking here.

Ready to
book? Email Loretta by
clicking here.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:57:03 -0400

Arctic
Nuts & Bolts - Toronto, Saint John, Vancouver & Victoria

Zodiac
cruising

Have you
been thinking about enjoying the splendours of the Arctic? Join us for
an information session on the nuts and bolts of Arctic travel. How to get there? What to expect? What to
wear?

When: Thursday, May 27
Time: 7 pm
Where:
Engine Gallery, 37 Mill Street in The Historic Distillery District
Toronto, ON
RSVP necessary
rsvp@adventurecanada.com

When:
Monday, June 7
Time: 6 pm
Where: The Hilton Saint John, One
Market Square, Saint John NB
RSVP
necessary rsvp@adventurecanada.com

When:
Tuesday, June 22
Time: 7 pm
Where: TBD, Vancouver BC
RSVP necessary rsvp@adventurecanada.com

When:
Wednesday, June 23 - Special Session for Travel Agents
Time: 9 am
Where:
TBD, Vancouver BC
RSVP necessaryrsvp@adventurecanada.com

When:
Thursday, June 24
Time: 7 pm
Where: TBD, Victoria BC
RSVP necessaryrsvp@adventurecanada.com

Would
you be interested in having an info session in your hometown? Please
send your requests to info@adventurecanada.com.

Arctic Nuts & Bolts - Toronto, Saint John, Vancouver & Victoria

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:57:03 -0400

Arctic
Nuts & Bolts - Toronto, Saint John, Vancouver & Victoria

Zodiac
cruising

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:46:52 -0400

An
Evening of Art from Algonquin Park with Drawnonward

Please join us at the historic
Steamwhistle Roundhouse to help raise some money to send kids to
summer camps across Canada. Drawnonward (and some friends) will be
showing work from Algonquin Park and the North. A portion of the
proceeds will go to the Taylor Statten Camping Bursary Fund. It
should be a fun night of art, camp stories and a few drinks. ONE
NIGHT ONLY.

When:
Thursday, 27 May 2010 at 18:30
Where:Steamwhistle
Roundhouse. 255 Bremner Blvd (near the CN tower)
Price: $10 entrance + cash bar

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:33:03 -0400

Collector's
Corner: Celebrating Two Cape Dorset Master Carvers

Grandfather
and Grandson

Mannumi Shaqu

Perhaps best known for his carvings of large standing
bears, Mannumi Shaqu began carving as a teenager and continued as an
artist to support his family.

In 1951, the Government of Canada
commissioned a Mother and Child by Mannumi as a coronation present for
the Queen to be, Elizabeth II, a sign of the recognition Inuit art would
receive globally.

Mannumi had fond memories of his childhood,
often following his grandfather on hunts to feed the camp. This piece,
'Grandfather and Grandson' captures the close bond these family members
share, reflecting on his own memories of his grandfather. This is among
the last pieces he carved, at the age of 91 and nearly blind, a
testament to the spirit and skill of this remarkable artist.

'Grandfather
and Grandson'
Mannumi Shaqu (1917-2000)
Cape Dorset, 1997
H:
16 x L: 8.75 x W: 3 inches
Gallery # A 3401
CDN $ 2,770.00 (before
discount)

Paulassie
Pootoogook
Eldest son of renowned ca

Muskox

mp
leaders, Pootoogook and Ningeokuluk, Paulassie Pootoogook began as a
printmaker in the early Cape Dorset studio, following the crucial role
his father played in developing the co-op. His attention soon turned to
carving, and his work is represented in numerous art galleries and
museums around the world. This Muskox, carved in 1993, has significant
presence and is meticulously carved. Paulassie is survived by his
brother, renowned Cape Dorset graphic artist Kananginak Pootoogook.

'Muskox'
Pauloosie
Pootoogook (1927-2006)
Cape Dorset, 1993
H 8.5 x L 14 x W 4
inches
Gallery # A 0828
CDN $ 2,265.00 (before discount)

Both
of these beautiful pieces are available for purchase. As a member of
the AC family, you are entitled to a 20% discount AND Houston North
Gallery will contribute an additional 10% to the Adventure Canada
Discovery Fund!

Shipping is extra and will be billed at cost. For
more information or to purchase this piece please contact Houston North
Gallery: inuit@houston-north-gallery.ns.ca or toll free
1-866-634-8869.

Join John Houston on our Into the Northwest Passage and Out of the Northwest Passage
Expeditions! For more information, please email Loretta by clicking here.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:17:02 -0400

Franklin's
Tin: The Ox Cheek Soup Project

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Cheek soup during analysis
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Two weeks ago, special guests of the Royal Ontario Museum who
are travelling on our Into the Northwest Passage Expedition had an
exclusive tour of the museum and of the museum vault, lead by ROM
Anthropologist Ken Lister.

In
the Anthropology collection of the Royal Ontario Museum is a tin of
Ox Cheek Soup dating to the early 1850s that was part of the
provisions for one of the Franklin Search Expeditions. The tin was
manufactured with the same method and materials as the tins carried
in the holds of Franklin's ships. In 1988 Kenneth Lister removed the
soup contents of the tin because the can was failing and the soup was
subsequently frozen for future research. Brandi Lee MacDonald at
McMaster University has analyzed the soup and found the soup to
contain lead at a dangerously high concentration. The tin was also
analyzed and as expected the solder used to
manufacture the tin has a high lead content.

The
soup, however, was in the tin for 136 years and it is not known how
quickly the lead would have leached into the soup. Did it happen
almost immediately or was it a slow process? This is now the
important question and it is being addressed with an 1850 recipe.
Together, Kenneth Lister and Brandi Lee MacDonald cooked up a vat of
ox cheek soup (Figure 3) and canned the soup in mason jars. Placed
within each jar was a length of lead solder and at regular intervals
over six months the jars will be opened and tested for lead
contamination. And now this summer as we walk along the shore of
Beechy Island and pass by the graves of Franklin's men, we may
finally know if in the early months of the expedition preserved food
was
a significant source of lead and perhaps one of the root causes for
the expedition's failure.

Join Ken Lister and the ROM on our 2010
Into the Northwest Passage Expedition. For more information please click here or email Loretta by clicking here.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:08:08 -0400

New
view on Gjoa Haven's history

Gjoa
Haven town visit 2009

Visitors
to Gjoa Haven in Nunavut will now have both an Inuit and European
perspective on the Northwest Passage, which will aid in understanding
the history of the area, Mayor Joanni Sallerina told the Northern
News Service.

"I
think having the Inuit background on the signs will really help
promote a better understanding of Inuit culture and history," he
said.

Signs
along Gjoa Haven's Northwest Passage trail were upgraded last
September to help reflect the history of the passage in an Inuit
context, said Becky Torretti, regional co-ordinator with Nunavut
Parks and Special Places.

The
signs provide information about the Nattilik Inuit both before and
during the time Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen stopped in the Gjoa
Haven area while journeying through the Northwest Passage.

Explore
the town of Gjoa Haven on our Into the Northwest
Passage: August 14-28,2010 by emailing Loretta at loretta@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:05:48 -0400

Celebrate
the First Annual BC Solar Days May 28th and 29th!

BC Solar
Days Poster

Across the province events are planned to help you discover
solar energy and opportunities you have to bring solar to your home or
business.

In Invermere BC, Greenman Sustainable Solutions is
conducting two events over two days and we would enjoy the opportunity
to explain the benefits of going solar with you. On Friday May 28th you
can learn about the solar technologies and other green features of the
Community Greenhouse at David Thompson Secondary School from 10 am to
2pm. Students and staff at DTSS will be involved in tours and
activities and the public is welcome to attend.

On Saturday May
29th, also from 10 am to 2pm, join us at Kicking Horse Coffee Cafe to
learn about solar technologies and other green living products and ideas
you can put in your home or business. The District of Invermere will
be at both events to explain the actions the town has planned and is
undertaking to address greenhouse gas reduction in the fight against
climate change.

A big thanks to supporters of these events -
District of Invermere, Solar BC, David Thompson Secondary School &
School District #6, Kicking Horse Coffee and Wild Voices for Kids.

Please
post and forward the attached poster to anyone you feel would be
interested. Thanks!

Look forward to seeing you at BC Solar Days!

Check
out Solar BC at http://www.solarbc.ca/

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:03:59 -0400

Papua
New Guinea!

Join us as we venture to our newest
destination in 2011!

A local
tribe, Papua New Guinea
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Mysterious
Papua New Guinea (PNG), in the truest sense, is one of the world's
wildest frontiers. Here the physical environment dominates all aspects
of life. Mighty rivers, creeping jungle, razorsharp
mountains,
coastal lowlands and pockets of golden beach shelter over five percent
of Earth's biodiversity. From coral reefs to glaciers, PNG is a land of
contrasts where you will be overwhelmed by the country's unspoiled
beauty. We will have the great pleasure of traversing some of the
nations most stunning coastlines. Beginning in moon-like Rabaul, our
journey aboard the 68-passenger
Oceanic Discoverer will be one of discovery as the islands reveal
themselves to us.

Dates:
March 16-28, 2011

View
the brochure by clicking here or email your
questions to Matthew James at matt.james@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:00:13 -0400

Congratulations
Dr. Hartery!

Dr.
Latonia Hartery and supervisor Dr. Brian Kooyman following the sucessful
defence of her thesis
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Latonia
Hartery, AC's Archaeologist extraordinaire, successfully defended her
thesis on May 3!

Her thesis entitled Middle Dorset Paleoeskimo
Warm Season Adaptations in Newfoundland and Labrador assesses the
cultural change that occurred when these ancient people moved into
Newfoundland, from their former Arctic homeland, 1900 years ago. Once
thought to mostly rely on seals, she was able to show that their economy
expanded to include an incredible variety of birds such as cormorants
and the great auk, a plethora of plants not available in the Arctic, as
well significant amounts of caribou, beavers, hares, black bears,
wolves, fish (even tuna) and shellfish!

Her dissertation was
called "ground breaking'' as well as "a manuscript which will be
considered a classic for future researchers" by her defense committee
who gave her the highest pass-level possible for Ph.D.'s granted by the
University of Calgary.

Way to go Latonia!

Join Latonia on
our Out of the Northwest Passage Expedition and Newfoundland
Circumnavigation 2010!

For more information on our Out of the
Northwest Passage Expedition, please Click here or email Loretta at loretta@adventurecanada.com

For
more information on our Newfoundland Circumnavigation, please click here or email Judy at judy.harper@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:58:39 -0400

Arctic
Nuts & Bolts - Winnipeg & Toronto

Zodiac
cruising

Have you
been thinking about enjoying the splendours of the Arctic? Join us for
an information session on the nuts and bolts of Arctic travel. How to get there? What to expect? What to
wear?

When: Wednesday, May 12
Time: 6 pm
Where: The
Fort Garry Hotel Studio. 222 Broadway, Winnipeg
RSVP necessary rsvp@adventurecanada.com

When:
Thursday, May 27
Time: 7 pm
Where: Engine Gallery, 37 Mill
Street in The Historic Distillery District Toronto, ON
RSVP necessary
rsvp@adventurecanada.com

Would
you be interested in having an info session in your hometown? Please
send your requests to info@adventurecanada.com.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:56:25 -0400

Get
Your Adventure Canada Gear!

Adventure Canada teamed up with Port Credit's
Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co. to offer a selection of high-quality
clothing options for those wishing to outfit themselves for our voyages.

Anything
from a base layer, to a fleece or waterproof outerwear will help to
protect you from the elements - keeping you warm and dry one of our 2010
expeditions!

The items are available as bundled packages, which
can include a toque, socks, a variety of base layers, and waterproof
outerwear to protect you from the elements and keep you warm and dry on
our adventures. The Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co. offers top-quality
clothing that meets our standards both in their design and in their
commitment to the environment.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:15:02 -0400

Michelle Valberg Featured in National
Geographic Traveler!

Nunavik
Girl, Michelle Valberg
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Michelle Valberg is very excited that an image she took from
Wakeham Bay, Nunavik will be appearing in the National Geographic
Traveler Magazine July/Aug issue!

Michelle traveled to Nunavik
with Adventure Canada last fall on the Heart of the Arctic Expedition.
She will be returning once again as part of the resource staff on
Adventure Canada's Maritime Explorer: Islands of the Gulf in partnership
with the Canadian Geographic PhotoClub!

To find out more about
the Maritime Explorer, please click here or email your
questions to Matthew James at matt.james@adventurecanada.com

Find out more
about Michelle and her stunning photography by clicking here.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:13:00 -0400

Check out Jerry Kobalenko in Above &
Beyond Magazine!

Jerry
Kobalenko: Above & Beyond
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AC Staff Member, photographer, explorer and author Jerry
Kobalenko is featured in the May/June edition of Above & Beyond
Magazine.

The article titled "Axel Heiberg Island" chronicles the
history, wildlife and landscape of the third-largest uninhabited island
in the world!
To
download the article, please click here.

Jerry
will be joining us on our Greenland & Wild Labrador Expedition. For
more information on how you can join our Greenland & Wild
Labrador Expedition, please click here or email Sheryl at sheryl@adventurecanada.com

To
find out more about Jerry Kobalenko, the man of many talents, please click here.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:12:27 -0400

You're
Invited to Arctic Landscapes!

Join Robert Poulton, Michelle Valberg, Sarah Tacoma, Barbara Kraus,
Dennis Minty and Reiner Arnold for the grand opening reception of their
group photography gallery "Arctic Landscapes" at the Engine Gallery.

Join
us for a collection of limited edition photographic prints presented by the
artists at the Engine Gallery. The artists have all travelled to the
Arctic in the last year with Adventure Canada and are very excited to
present their newest work. A silent auction will also take place for a
series of limited edition portraits of the Inuit with all proceeds being
donated to "Project North".

When:

Reception/Opening - Sunday May 16th, 2010 5pm-10pm

Show remains open to public from May 16th to May 31st.

Where:

   Engine Gallery

37 Mill Street in The Historic Distillery District
   Toronto, ON

M5A 3R6
   (416) 531-9905
   Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 12-6pm

Download
the invite by clicking here. Please RSVP to rsvp@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:03:26 -0400

An
Evening of Art from Algonquin Park with Drawnonward

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:01:54 -0400

The
Walrus Magazine is Nominated for the National Magazine Awards

The Walrus
magazine is proud to announce today that it has received thirty-three
nominations in 2009's National Magazine Awards, the most of any
publication in Canada. Our contributors were nominated across several
categories, and included twenty-three written, seven visual, two
integrated, and one special nomination. The winners will be announced at
the thirty-third annual National Magazine Awards gala on June 4, 2010
in Toronto.

"We are very proud of being the most-nominated
publication, but even more proud of the writers, journalists, and
artists who have been nominated," said Co-Publisher Shelley Ambrose. "We
are delighted that The Walrus continues to provide a venue for these
distinct Canadian voices to be heard."

The Walrus is no stranger
to success at the National Magazine Awards. In 2006, The Walrus was
named Magazine of the Year, and since 2003, the magazine has won
thirty-eight gold awards-most recently in categories like Humour, Art
Direction for a Single Magazine, Words & Pictures, Arts &
Entertainment, Politics & Public Interest, Best New Writer, Fiction,
Illustration and Personal Journalism.

Interested in joining the
2010 Walrus Magazine Expedition - Greenland & Wild Labrador? Click here to find out more
information or email Sheryl at sheryl@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:01:22 -0400

Climate
Change Creates New Hybrids

Grolar or
Pizzly Bear

For
thousands of years, continental-sized barriers of sea ice have
separated
various
species of marine mammals, but Brendan P. Kelly, a marine biologist
with
International
Arctic Research Center at University of Alaska in Fairbanks,
suggests that as this summer ice melts away for good, these
species
will have to go to great lengths to survive, including creating new
hybrid
species.

Examples
of this kind of interbreeding, which is more possible between marine
mammals than among some other species are already accumulating, said
Kelly,
who has been documenting the evidence.

Recent
examples have occurred in the Canadian Arctic, including the 2006
discovery
of
a "Pizzly" or "Grolar" Bear in the wild - made possible by
warmer
climates and an extended ice-free season that have brought the
Grizzly
bear
into northern territories and forced Polar Bears to spend more
time
on land. Other recent examples have included a Narwhal/Beluga and
Harp/Hooded
seal
hybrids.

"We
may hang on to a lot of polar bear genes, they'll just be hidden in
the
grizzly
bear population. They'll still be bears- but they won't be the
polar
bears
we have known," Kelly said.

On
Adventure Canada's Into the Northwest Passage voyage in 2009, they
encountered
several
Grizzly Bears in Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, an area also
known
for Polar Bears.

Join us on our Into the Northwest Passage: August
14-28,2010 by emailing Loretta at loretta@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:55:20 -0400

Thirty-Eight
New Fish Species Found in Greenland!

Iceland
Catshark

Thirty-eight odd new fish
species have been spotted off the coast of Greenland.

Ten of the species new to
Greenland are new to science too. All 38
were discovered since the last such survey in 1992.

Rising ocean
temperatures due to global warming-which could be drawing unfamiliar
fishes to the region-and increased deep-sea fishing may be responsible
for the spike in fresh fish faces seen off Greenland, according to the
study, published in February in the journal Zootaxa.

Click here for images and
descriptions about some of the new species, please click here.

Visit Greenland in 2010 on
our Greenland & Wild Labrador Expedition. For more information, please click here or email Sheryl
at sheryl@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:52:00 -0400

Save 5%
- Book And Pay By April 30th

Limited time offer - contact us today for
more info!

Book by April 30^thand
save 5% on
our Arctic Questand Greenland & Wild Labrador Expeditions.

Your Arctic Quest will begin in
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland as we set sail down one of the country's
largest fjords, crossing the Arctic Circle. Join us as we voyage to the
wilder places of Greenland & North Baffin Island as we visit the
Greenland icecap in Ilulissat, meet with our local hosts in Clyde River
and Pond Inlet and marvel at the sheer bird cliffs of Bylot Island.

Our journey to Greenland & Wild Labrador
will let us experience true wilderness and open spaces of the Greenland
& Labrador coasts. Beginning in Ilulissat, amidst its many icebergs
we set out on a southerly route visiting Greenland's Capital, Nuuk
before crossing the border into Canada. We'll visit the Inuit regions
of Nunavik and Nunatsiavut and have our breath taken away by two amazing
national parks - Mealy Mountains and Gros Morne.

Learn more about our Arctic Quest by clicking
here or email your questions to Matthew James at matt.james@adventurecanada.com.

For more information on our Greenland & Wild Labrador
Expedition, please click here or email Sheryl at sheryl@adventurecanada.com

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:14:00 -0400

Santa
Fe: 400 Years Young

What do Georgia O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams and Jeff Bridges have
in common? All are legendary artists inspired by the unique landscapes
of New
Mexico and Santa Fe - the only American city to be designated by UNESCO
as a creative city.

400 years ago, settlers from Spain realized
the potential
here and made their way north from Mexico to settle in the Rio Grande
watershed. Joining the rich Puebloan culture that had resided here for
over 1000
years, they built a city, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi and older
than the
New England colonies.

Anglos like me have stumbled on this
utopia - breathtaking
scenery, exquisite cuisine, art and music - all a rich blend of
southwestern
hospitality. Join me on the Santa Fe Trail for a taste of it all and
help
celebrate our 400th Birthday!

Carol
Heppenstall

Tour Director

For more information on our Sante Fe: 400 Years
Young, an intimate small-group guided experience with Carol
Heppenstall, please click here.

nospam@example.com (Rebecca Burgum) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:11:36 -0400

Hike Gros Morne Before Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence!

Optional Day Tour on
Maritime Explorer: Islands of the Gulf

Adventure Canada is excited to now be offering an optional
pre-embarkation day tour to hike in the beautiful Gros Morne National
Park!

It has been said that: 'Gros Morne is to geology what the
Galapagos are
to biology.' A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the landscape is one of
spectacular landlocked, freshwater fjords and glacier-scoured headlands
in an ocean setting.

Departing on September 24, our day will be spent exploring this
outstanding
environment. We will have the opportunity to visit the tablelands,
where we can view one of the world's best examples of the process of
plate tectonics. Those looking to stretch their legs can enjoy a
lengthy hike to the coast and be rewarded with spectacular cliff top
views. The two dominating landscapes, coastal lowland and alpine
plateau provide habitat for an array of flora and fauna: moose, woodland
caribou and giant Arctic hare, as well as over 30 species of wild
orchids. We can find boreal, arctic and temperate species all in one
compact geographic region. All of this diversity and a stunning
backdrop to boot, Gros Morne is a place to be appreciated.

For more information on our Maritime Explorer: Islands of the Gulf,
please click here or email Matthew James matt.james@adventurecanada.com