Jólabókaflód or “Christmas Book Flood” is an Icelandic tradition where literary presents are exchanged and enjoyed on Christmas Eve.

It has been an extremely long time since I have attended an audio/visual inspirational talk given by an extreme outdoor adventurer. I think it goes way to 2009 after local mountaineer Dan Mallory c…

J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Canadian explorer Hubert Darrell disappeared somewhere in the Northwest Territories in 1910 while on a solo expedition to map the largely uncharted western Arctic. A search of the northern wilderness turned up no trace, and the most celebrated Arctic explorer of his day soon vanished from

Alone Against the North/The Wager