Other Happy Camper Whisky Fireside Chat - on-line due to Covid-19. This time its Canadian author and Adventurer, James Raffan. In the spring of 1999, James resigned from his university teaching position and since then has been working as an independent writer and scholar from his home in the Rideau Lakes north of Kingston, Ontario. He continues to organize and participate in a variety of annual expeditions and adventures related to his writing and research interests but also to keep his hand in as a teacher and expedition leader. Along the way, James has spoken across Canada and around the world and published a number of bestselling books, including Summer North of Sixty, Rendezvous with the Wild, Tumblehome, Fire in the Bones and Emperor of the North. He has also written for National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, Up Here, Explore and the Globe and Mail and produced radio and television documentaries for CBC Radio and the Discovery Channel. James Raffan’s new book Ice Walker: A Polar Bear’s Journey Through The Fragile Arctic will be released in September 2020. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084G9T9JF/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3 James Raffan’s web site: jamesraffan.ca/adventurer/ You Tube thumbnail photo Credit: Jason van Bruggen Film clip references: The Hunger with James Raffan Filmed onboard Adventure Canada's 2016 Heart of the Arctic voyage by Jason Van Bruggen (www.jasonvanbruggen.com) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WERrroYd88s&t=20s James Raffan - The Paddling Historian OurKidsNet www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEH3aLOMl8s The Canoe | Canadian Canoe Culture | Trailer Ontario Travel A Goh Iromoto film www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFlnZsS6sUk&list=PLltqIMqZ9RBqkHS-aMWKeB9JgI_GZ223M

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