Part of the vast Columbia Icefield that contains 30 glaciers in all, and is up to 350m thick, it drains into 3 oceans, the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic.
Blog 36: The Great Outdoors July 27th 2008 Our camping experience on Johnstone Strait without electricity prepared us well for our return to Vancouver City. When we arrived back at our hostel, a fire in an underground cable area had caused a blackout affecting several parts of the city, reducing our comforts to cold showers and candlelight. In fact, our remaining time in Vancouver saw us limited to only a handful of places that weren’t a ... read more
North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more
As we closed the door to the ambulance station, our shift came to a somewhat anticlimactic end. No big send off, no tearful farewells, in fact, no bugger all. But that was how we’d wanted it, choosing not to have a leaving party because, lets face it, we weren’t really leaving. However, this would be the last time we would see our place of work for a whole year. Now, I’m acutely aware of just how many people would love to be in this position, but just closing the door to an empty station, which like most places of work had become our second home, wasn’t how we’d pictured it. With nob... full info