Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦
@explorenorth.bsky.social
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.
It was grooming day today ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It was grooming day today ❤️
"The Cut" drops the Alaska Highway down into theMacDonald River valley via an impressive canyon at Km 602, which is 10 km north of Summit Lake. This photo was shot from a abandoned section of the highway.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"The Cut" drops the Alaska Highway down into theMacDonald River valley via an impressive canyon at Km 602, which is 10 km north of Summit Lake. This photo was shot from a abandoned section of the highway.
Williscroft Canyon is the most dramatic one I've found in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon. There was a time when I might have tried to get past that rock, but those days are over 😀
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Williscroft Canyon is the most dramatic one I've found in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon. There was a time when I might have tried to get past that rock, but those days are over 😀
One of the realities of climate change in the Yukon is that the clear skies and deep cold of 30 years ago are gone - winters are much warmer and the skies are often cloudy. That makes a full-spectrum SAD light an important self-care tool for some of us to deal with the darkness.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One of the realities of climate change in the Yukon is that the clear skies and deep cold of 30 years ago are gone - winters are much warmer and the skies are often cloudy. That makes a full-spectrum SAD light an important self-care tool for some of us to deal with the darkness.
The Hedley Nickel Plate Mine Road, BC.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Hedley Nickel Plate Mine Road, BC.
Lucky Four Mine, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, September 1989.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lucky Four Mine, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, September 1989.
Dean Blundell's post this morning is beautiful. It's about "legitimacy" as a writer.
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
A Personal Note...
"Purpose and Legitimacy"
deanblundell.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Dean Blundell's post this morning is beautiful. It's about "legitimacy" as a writer.
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
This is a plan the world will applaud.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is a plan the world will applaud.
Hiking to a small cemetery along Windy Arm, a kilometer south of the Yukon-BC border.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hiking to a small cemetery along Windy Arm, a kilometer south of the Yukon-BC border.
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail on July 20th. Ain't no Summer up that way!
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail on July 20th. Ain't no Summer up that way!
The 1930 Living Room ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The 1930 Living Room ❤️
Women in aviation, 1929. This photo and story about Peggy Paxon and Lucille Wallingford appeared in over 100 newspapers starting on Aug 26, another 100+ without the photo. Then they vanished and set off a police hunt. After being found, they just vanished from the newspapers.
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Women in aviation, 1929. This photo and story about Peggy Paxon and Lucille Wallingford appeared in over 100 newspapers starting on Aug 26, another 100+ without the photo. Then they vanished and set off a police hunt. After being found, they just vanished from the newspapers.
"Suddenly – and awfully – the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people ... looked as though it were government policy." From a front-line doctor in the UK who lived it, the horrors of the early days of COVID-19 for medical staff. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Suddenly – and awfully – the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people ... looked as though it were government policy." From a front-line doctor in the UK who lived it, the horrors of the early days of COVID-19 for medical staff. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Rich people in 1929. Today, if they hoard rather than share willingly, #TAXTHERICH!
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Rich people in 1929. Today, if they hoard rather than share willingly, #TAXTHERICH!
Success. Over the past couple of days I've built a ramp for my old dog Bella. I walked her down and up it 4 times on a leash, then blocked the stairs so she has to use it, and she's already fine with it. There's nothing I wouldn't do for my little girl ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Success. Over the past couple of days I've built a ramp for my old dog Bella. I walked her down and up it 4 times on a leash, then blocked the stairs so she has to use it, and she's already fine with it. There's nothing I wouldn't do for my little girl ❤️
Canadians - if you have a Vivint home security system, you should call the new owner, Telus, soon. We've now signed up for a much-upgraded full-coverage system including a camera for just over half the price we were paying Vivint without the camera.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Canadians - if you have a Vivint home security system, you should call the new owner, Telus, soon. We've now signed up for a much-upgraded full-coverage system including a camera for just over half the price we were paying Vivint without the camera.
On June 21, 1985, I was on the shore of the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, with my own plane, on a trip that changed my life - I learned where I belong.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
On June 21, 1985, I was on the shore of the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, with my own plane, on a trip that changed my life - I learned where I belong.
Patti Page with her new Golden Anniversary edition Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible in Banff Blue. Holiday magazine, June 1958. The height of the days of The American Dream for many people.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Patti Page with her new Golden Anniversary edition Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible in Banff Blue. Holiday magazine, June 1958. The height of the days of The American Dream for many people.
I love spindrift days in the Kluane Range (as long as a warm car isn't far away).
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love spindrift days in the Kluane Range (as long as a warm car isn't far away).
I'm always honoured to be asked to supply photos for calendars being produced by non-profits. This photo of the Alaska Highway at Christmas Creek (just east of Kluane Lake, Yukon), shot in February 2024, will be on the calendars being produced by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE).
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm always honoured to be asked to supply photos for calendars being produced by non-profits. This photo of the Alaska Highway at Christmas Creek (just east of Kluane Lake, Yukon), shot in February 2024, will be on the calendars being produced by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE).
Nude hiking - connect with Nature and yourself. I discovered this 37 years ago during a hike at Chilliwack, BC. About 24 years ago, I built a website about nude hiking in the Yukon and Alaska (that Googles very well, and most naturist websites link to it).
Stepping into nature without your clothes is like discovering a whole new world you never knew existed! ~Unknown
#AsOurCreatorIntended
#NudityIsNatural
#ValleyViewHotSprings
#AsOurCreatorIntended
#NudityIsNatural
#ValleyViewHotSprings
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nude hiking - connect with Nature and yourself. I discovered this 37 years ago during a hike at Chilliwack, BC. About 24 years ago, I built a website about nude hiking in the Yukon and Alaska (that Googles very well, and most naturist websites link to it).
If the clouds do actually leave this evening, this will be a fine bit of winter - we only have 5-6 inches of snow.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If the clouds do actually leave this evening, this will be a fine bit of winter - we only have 5-6 inches of snow.
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo is today's American hero ❤️ - #RESIST! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo is today's American hero ❤️ - #RESIST! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I think many of my friends will enjoy reading about longevity in Canada - here's a paywalled Globe and Mail article I'm allowed to send as a gift - www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3db7486...
Canadians in these two small towns have found the secrets to longevity
Residents of Lunenburg, N.S., and Parksville, B.C., regularly live well into their 90s, and even past 100. What have they figured out, and how can it be replicated?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I think many of my friends will enjoy reading about longevity in Canada - here's a paywalled Globe and Mail article I'm allowed to send as a gift - www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3db7486...
The staff at Raven Recycling in Whitehorse, Yukon, have been wearing masks for a long time - I don't remember when the practice began. Yesterday, the person who helped me cash in my bottles thanked me for wearing my N95. I see reports of people being harassed for wearing one - this is better ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The staff at Raven Recycling in Whitehorse, Yukon, have been wearing masks for a long time - I don't remember when the practice began. Yesterday, the person who helped me cash in my bottles thanked me for wearing my N95. I see reports of people being harassed for wearing one - this is better ❤️