books – Northern Latitudes

Searching For Happy Valley – Jane Marshall

by Bill AultPodcast, Travel May 15, 2023May 15, 2023No Comments

Searching for Happy Valley: A Modern Quest for Shangri-La Over her 17-year career as a travel writer, Jane Marshall has wandered the planet, always in search of wild, high-altitude, off-the-beaten-track places. During her travels, she discovered something profound. On three continents, separated by vast oceans, she found hidden valleys known locally as “Happy Valley.” Her …

Find Your Way – Adam Shoalts

by Bill AultPodcast February 12, 2022February 28, 2022No Comments

Adam Shoalts is a historian, archaeologist, geographer and Westway Explorer in Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Shoalts holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University where his research examined the influence Indigenous oral traditions had on the fur traders in the sub-Arctic and the Pacific Northwest. The author of A History of Canada in Ten …