JAMES RAFFAN is a prolific writer, speaker and geographer who is currently the executive director of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario. He is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling Emperor of the North, and has written for a variety of media outlets, including print, radio and television. He is a fellow international of the Explorers Club, past chair of the Arctic Institute of North America and a fellow and past governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, service for which he was awarded the Queen s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, the Camsell Medal in 2...