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A Presentation by Dr. James Raffan in the Polar Perspectives Series Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, November 20th, 2008
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Source: World Resources Institute
Frontier Forests 8,000 years ago Frontier forests today Meanwhile ... in Greenland in the last 16 years ...
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NATURE DISCONNECTION! HUMANS
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DISCONNECTION! Humans
Nature Wilberforce Falls on Foot ‘81 NW Passage by Icebreaker ’02 & ‘06 Coppermine River by Canoe ’77, ’78 & ’97 by Snowmobile ‘04 Bathurst Inlet via Burnside ‘80
Mackenzie Delta Reindeer Herding Mara River by Skidoo ’03 & ‘05 by Canoe ‘81 Baffin Island Coast by Peterhead ‘85
Kazan River ‘88 Thelon River by Canoe ’83 & ‘91 Pangnirtung Pass on Foot ‘85
Thelon Sanctuary by Skidoo ‘91 Wager Bay by Sea Kayak ‘86
Dempster Highway by Car ‘79 Richmond Gulf by Canoe ‘87
Dempster Highway by Rivère a l’eau Claire ‘87 Transport Truck ‘03 James Bay Shore by Snowshoe ‘82 Peel River by Skidoo ‘03
Kluane National Park on Foot ‘79 Newfoundland by Bicycle ‘81
Summit Pass by Ski ‘00 Jacques Cartier River by Snowshoe ‘83 Nahanni River by Air & on Foot ‘02
Alaska Highway by Road ‘79 Dumoine River by Dog Sled ‘83 Elk River by Canoe ‘83 Fond du Lac River by Canoe ‘79 Dumoine River by Canoe ’70, 80’, ‘82 Churchill River by Canoe ‘79 Trans-Canada Trail by Bicycle ‘00 Red Squirred Wilderness by Snowshoe Berens River by Canoe ‘03 ‘86
Missinaibi River by Canoe ‘82 Lake Superior Park by Snowshoe ‘85 Lady Evelyn River by Canoe ’67, ‘71 Superior Shore by Canoe ‘85
Spanish River by Canoe ’72 & Snowshoe ‘06 Trans-Canada Trail on Foot ‘00 Algonquin Park on Foot & Across Algonquin by Canoe ‘60-’69 by Snowshoe ’93, ‘05 French River by Canoe ‘74 TheThe LureLure ofof FarawayFaraway Reflections on Wilderness and Solitude PlacesPlaces
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