Every once in a while, I step off the mat, into a canoe, and peregrinate about in wild places. There are undeniable dangers associated with this, but in all my travels in the Far North the most consistently dangerous place has been the Hudson Bay coast.
Hudson Bay is an extension of the Arctic Ocean that juts down into the continent. The tundra shore is patrolled by Ursus maritimus, the polar bear, the most dangerous of North American carnivores. The salty ocean is dotted with icebergs and enormous tides that breath in and out across 5-mile tidal flats.
Anyway, I’d like to share a couple of chapters from the audio version of my book, Perseverance, with you about dancing with danger on this storm-blasted place.
I share the story of dealing with storms, giant tides, and the ever-present threat of polar bears on the remote Hudson Bay coast at the mouth of the Thlewiaza River in Nunavut, Canada and what I learned about physical, mental, and emotional performance in extreme circumstances.
Click below to check out episode 445 of The Strenuous Life Podcast on the audio platform of your choice…
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Hope you enjoy this,
Stephan
P.S. This is an excerpt from my book “Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic”, the story of the trip in the podcast episode above and a damn good read. Here’s a video trailer for the book…
The book itself is available in physical, Kindle, and audiobook formats at…
Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indigo, and from many independent bookstores all around the world (they can always order it in if they don’t have it).
Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, by Stephan Kesting, Click here to see this book on Amazon
P.P.S. If you enjoyed this episode, check out the beginning of this journey in episode 419 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. For everything that happened between that episode and this one, you’ll have to check out the book, though.
Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic is available as episode 419 of The Strenuous Life Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and every other audio podcast platform.