Nestled in the very tip of Vancouver Island is a true diving mecca. Supposedly Jacques Cousteau even once called Browning Pass “the best cold water diving in the world.” I headed north from Seattle via ferry, bus, and small boat to check it out for myself…only to see that it is impossible to disagree with […]
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Land of the Midnight Sun
When I stepped off the plane in Longyearbyen, Norway, the world’s northernmost settlement at 78 deg N, the sun was shining brightly and I was surrounded by water and arctic snow-capped mountains. Not too unusual for mid-June, right? Right…except that the local time was 2am. Welcome to the land of the midnight sun. So how […]