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.
Blue was the mother of a litter of 9 rescued puppies I fostered, and I babysat her for years after. She had never lived in a house, but was a quick learner, and such a love ❤️ #DogsOfBluesky
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Blue was the mother of a litter of 9 rescued puppies I fostered, and I babysat her for years after. She had never lived in a house, but was a quick learner, and such a love ❤️ #DogsOfBluesky
The completion of the Trans Canada Highway in 1962 (when I was 11) was a big deal (it had taken 12 years), and The British American Oil Company celebrated by publishing a 9x52-inch map of it, with the badly-labelled Alaska Highway added as a bonus. Time-consuming to scan!
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The completion of the Trans Canada Highway in 1962 (when I was 11) was a big deal (it had taken 12 years), and The British American Oil Company celebrated by publishing a 9x52-inch map of it, with the badly-labelled Alaska Highway added as a bonus. Time-consuming to scan!
In 1956 I was learning how to stay inside the lines, and perhaps was dreaming of some day being rich enough to see the inside of an airplane. These colouring books have been fun to go through (this one especially), scan some samples, and put in the recycling boxes. 🙂
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 AM
In 1956 I was learning how to stay inside the lines, and perhaps was dreaming of some day being rich enough to see the inside of an airplane. These colouring books have been fun to go through (this one especially), scan some samples, and put in the recycling boxes. 🙂
Like eating an elephant - one bite at a time...
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Like eating an elephant - one bite at a time...
Hiking south of the Haines Summit, just north of the BC-Alaska border, in late September.
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Hiking south of the Haines Summit, just north of the BC-Alaska border, in late September.
"This Renaissance Revival building is one of Canada's finest surviving structures clad in decorative pressed metal." The 1901 Canadian Bank of Commerce in Dawson, Yukon. www.explorenorth.com/historic_pla...
January 29, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"This Renaissance Revival building is one of Canada's finest surviving structures clad in decorative pressed metal." The 1901 Canadian Bank of Commerce in Dawson, Yukon. www.explorenorth.com/historic_pla...
Summer is coming. This year, step out of your clothes and into a new level of freedom and connection.
Naturism has a quiet way of bringing people closer.
Not because of what’s removed but because of what disappears with it.
When clothing, status, brands, and roles fade away, something shifts.
Conversations become softer.
Not because of what’s removed but because of what disappears with it.
When clothing, status, brands, and roles fade away, something shifts.
Conversations become softer.
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Summer is coming. This year, step out of your clothes and into a new level of freedom and connection.
Hopefully we'll have another major sled dog race for 2027!
The Yukon Quest sled dog race is coming back! A Working Group met tonight, and a Special General Meeting will be held in Whitehorse in a couple of weeks - details tomorrow. #DogsOfBluesky #mushing
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Hopefully we'll have another major sled dog race for 2027!
40 years ago today 💔
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
40 years ago today 💔
Is RCA Victor's Nipper the most famous dog in advertising history? Here is his story - the ad is from 1947.
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Is RCA Victor's Nipper the most famous dog in advertising history? Here is his story - the ad is from 1947.
For #WaterfallWednesday, here's Godafoss ("Waterfall of the Gods"), Iceland, in July 2025.
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
For #WaterfallWednesday, here's Godafoss ("Waterfall of the Gods"), Iceland, in July 2025.
This photo may be the one that best shows me why I never left the Yukon after my first year working as driver/guide for lengthy Yukon-Alaska tours. Shot from a DC-3 at Dawson on August 22, 1990, it combined most of the things I loved most - flying, history, gold mines, travel, and photography. ❤️
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This photo may be the one that best shows me why I never left the Yukon after my first year working as driver/guide for lengthy Yukon-Alaska tours. Shot from a DC-3 at Dawson on August 22, 1990, it combined most of the things I loved most - flying, history, gold mines, travel, and photography. ❤️
Do your streets have potholes? In Dawson City, Yukon, our potholes have a little bit of street around them 😆 (no need for speed bumps!)
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Do your streets have potholes? In Dawson City, Yukon, our potholes have a little bit of street around them 😆 (no need for speed bumps!)
The view from my "office" window, temporarily located at Dawson City, Yukon, in August 1992. #Kodachrome.
January 27, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The view from my "office" window, temporarily located at Dawson City, Yukon, in August 1992. #Kodachrome.
From the Annual Report of the North-West Mounted Police for 1900 - the "immigrants" being discussed are Americans who have come to the Yukon seeking gold . It's all about your perspective, my friends.
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM
From the Annual Report of the North-West Mounted Police for 1900 - the "immigrants" being discussed are Americans who have come to the Yukon seeking gold . It's all about your perspective, my friends.
An RCMP officer friend posted this from her snowmobile patrol in the Rockies. Some days life sucks, some days not so much ❤️
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
An RCMP officer friend posted this from her snowmobile patrol in the Rockies. Some days life sucks, some days not so much ❤️
Traffic jam at Kluane Lake, Yukon, in late June - a grizzly situation! ❤️
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Traffic jam at Kluane Lake, Yukon, in late June - a grizzly situation! ❤️
Some basic knowledge that we can re-learn from babies. We're all born beautiful - ugliness is learned behaviour that can mask it. Namaste... ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Some basic knowledge that we can re-learn from babies. We're all born beautiful - ugliness is learned behaviour that can mask it. Namaste... ❤️
The face of a Yukon Animal Rescue Network (YARN) rescue, Maxine, leaving my home in the car of a foster mom in January 2019 (with secure acreage, I was just the transfer point for many rescues) ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 AM
The face of a Yukon Animal Rescue Network (YARN) rescue, Maxine, leaving my home in the car of a foster mom in January 2019 (with secure acreage, I was just the transfer point for many rescues) ❤️
Two blog posts in two days - Spring is coming and the boy has an itch 😆 It took 34 photos to show you yesterday's Mountain Day - explorenorthblog.com/a-drive-up-t...
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Two blog posts in two days - Spring is coming and the boy has an itch 😆 It took 34 photos to show you yesterday's Mountain Day - explorenorthblog.com/a-drive-up-t...
Alex Pretti, a man who dedicated his life to helping people as a nurse, was murdered by the goons of Trump's gestapo. 😡
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Alex Pretti, a man who dedicated his life to helping people as a nurse, was murdered by the goons of Trump's gestapo. 😡
What a superb day - I really needed a mountain day ❤️
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 AM
What a superb day - I really needed a mountain day ❤️
Road trip!! Just a little one, up to the White Pass for the day, but what a day ♥️
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Road trip!! Just a little one, up to the White Pass for the day, but what a day ♥️