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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦

@explorenorth.bsky.social

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Discovered the Yukon in 1985, never leaving. Historian, traveller, photographer, writer, wilderness hiker, naturist, dog lover, antifa - on some particularly fine days, all of those things. Photos are mine unless otherwise credited.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 11h

That will be a tough sell - what an awful location.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 18h

This does seem to be the most likely explanation. It would be tough to ignore Trump murdering Venezuelan citizens at sea.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Bringing a photographer in to shoot some portraits of me in 1951 wouldn't have been easy financially for Mom and Dad, but I'm glad they did.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

This amuses me so much that I don't even care if it actually happened - I've seen conversations about the Alaska Highway that make me sure it could have happened 😃

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

This other view of Maria Corina Machado would explain her bizarre comments about Trump: www.codepink.org/nobel_peace_...

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning.

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. By: Michelle Ellner

www.codepink.org

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Who is Maria Corina Machado really? Here's a very different viewpoint: www.codepink.org/nobel_peace_...

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning.

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. By: Michelle Ellner

www.codepink.org

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

They're not numbers - they were real people who are now mourned by friends and family, and people around the world who didn't even know them 💔💔 (and one more 💔 for the kitty)

24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 1d

🕯️🕯️Russia murdered this beautiful couple in Kyiv,June 23,2025 - Anna Pavlik and Volodymyr Moseychuk. They had their whole life ahead of them. Rest in peace. We will never forget and we will never forgive russians.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

My ongoing health issues make cruising an extremely good option for travel, and although I've been to many of the places this cruises visits, Bella Bella, Wrangell, and Kodiak would all be new. Really the only 2 places that I don't have any strong interest in seeing again are Juneau and Ketchikan.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

One of us loves conditions this morning, but the new forecast shows it raining in town, with a nice week ahead.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

That valley was a particularly incredible hike. It's very difficult to access (requires a canoe to start) so I've only done it once.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Riga, Latvia - CAF CF-188 Hornets over the iconic Freedom Monument. Posted on FB by Canadian Joint Operations Command.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

How's your 3-day war, going, Mr. War Criminal? #SlavaUkrainii!

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

"No One is OK Right Now. You don't need to pretend that you are." johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...

No One is OK Right Now

You don't need to pretend that you are

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

When I saw a screenshot saying "despite calls for Trump to receive the award", I thought it must be satire.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

In the real world...

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

When I saw a post like this a few minutes ago, I thought it was satire ("despite calls for Trump to receive the award"), but no, Faux News actually said this. The article says "Trump could still be eligible for next year's prize."

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

A particularly amazing dawn many years ago, overlooking Niagara Falls.

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. The train system in Europe is so amazing - we did our first 300 km/h train this past June, from Paris to Rotterdam.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

We're still hanging on to this "18-Day Great Bear Rainforest And Alaska Explorer" cruise on the Zaandam that sails on September 16 next year, because it is so unique. But final payment date ($20,044.70) is June 18, and if the fascists are still in control, we'll be cancelling it :(

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

I saw so many incredible places around the world this past summer, and yet I wish our hiking season was much longer so I could have spent more time in the mountains in my back yard (this photo was shot in the White Pass, a 90-minute drive from home).

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

And water is life. ❤️

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, Sally. It's dark, it's quiet, it's peaceful here... ❤️

Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day, first celebrated in 1992 to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world. At least 500,000 Canadians miss work due to mental health problems every week, with an estimated economic cost of $51 billion annually.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

The White Pass & Yukon Route rail line at Mary Lake, Yukon, a mile from my home. Trains quit running in 1982.

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Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · 1d

What a magical capture of that scene ❤️

That Photo Guy @thatphotoguy.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning #bluesky.

The Crown engine houses at Botallack in Cornwall.

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