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Thomas Woodhouse, a young 17th century sailor mathematician, dreamed of making his name as an Arctic explorer. Leaving a life of privilege behind, he sailed with Captain Henry Hudson in 1610 and was cast adrift with the captain and others when many of the crew mutinied on what became Hudson Bay.  

The only survivor of that tragic event, Thomas was captured by the people of the muskeg. Unable to escape, Thomas became a member of the tribe of hunter-gatherers. He met, befriended, fought for and won the chief's daughter. In doing so he gained his freedom but remained with the people of the muskeg for almost three decades while he and Alsoomse raised a son.

Thomas's life-long journey took him from the comfort of southern England to a sub-Arctic wasteland, and from there to the stark beauty of northern forests and a life he could never have imagined. When he returned to England as an elderly man he found mostly disappointment, soon realizing his heart was far away. 

Anthony Dalton

I have spent most of my life travelling in remote areas of strange places. After working my way around the world as a young man, I subsequently led regular expeditions by 4-wheel-drive vehicles into and across the Sahara, through the deserts of the Middle East and into the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. 

In 1980 I was the organizer and leader of a CBC-TV (Ottawa) filming expedition from Bamako via Mopti and Timbuktu to the Saharan salt mines of Taoudenit in northern Mali. Occasionally, when time allowed, I roamed parts of the Arctic. That almost got me killed: In 1984 I went to sea and survived being capsized in a violent storm while travelling hundreds of nautical miles along the Arctic coast of north-western Alaska alone in a two-metre inflatable speedboat.

For a change of pace, and to get warm, in the early 1990s I switched my attention to the rivers of the Sundarbans jungle of Bangladesh to track Royal Bengal tigers in their natural habitat. Back in Canada in 1994, I joined twelve members of the Cree First Nation on a traditional York boat voyage on Manitoba’s historic Hayes River between Norway House and Oxford House. While canoeing the second half of the Hayes River from Oxford House to York Factory on Hudson Bay in 2000, I participated in a television documentary on great Canadian rivers for the Discovery Channel.

Somehow, along the way, I found time to write and illustrate hundreds of articles which were published in magazines and newspapers in 20 countries and 9 languages. Those stories led me to writing books and speaking about my experiences to audiences in Canada, USA, England, New Zealand and on cruise ships. I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a former Fellow of the Explorers Club.

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