Interview - Adam Shoalts and Where the Falcon Flies
Canada Reads American Style
English - December 11, 2023 20:04 - 43 minutes - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSociety & Culture Fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Rebecca is excited to have professional explorer and best-selling author Adam Shoalts as a return guest on the podcast.
Adam is a geographer and historian and holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University. He has participated in numerous archaeological digs and undertakes solo expeditions in the most remote wilderness areas. He is the Westaway Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
In this episode, Adam will discuss his fifth and latest book, Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic (2023).
Adam's first four books:
Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown (2015)
A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land (2017)
Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic (2019)
The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend (2021)
Instagram: @adam_shoalts