Canadian Road (Study) Trip 2018

Wednesday 25 July More wandering and bushwhacking today. I am pretty sure there isn’t a track left in this town we haven’t explored. The huge tundra buggies that the tourists…

22 July Churchill, Manitoba Off to the Polar Bear Capital of the world!  However I’m here for work as well as play.  Had been having a lot of trouble getting…

12 July Flew into Goose Bay which is the main centre in Labrador, a Canadian province with lots of remote wilderness and remote Inuit and Innu communities. If flying from…

17 July Heading north to Inuit community Kuujjaaq. Only have a brief stopover in Montreal – overnight at an airport hotel. But it’s been interesting just seeing how strong the…

7 July Headed back to Deer Lake today so we could meet with Dr Dave Thomas who is chief of staff at Port Aux Basques (but he was flying back…

So the planes are getting smaller as we head West.. Although after 17 years on and off working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service I’m used to much smaller. In…

2 July Have arrived in Newfoundland – St johns. Really different place starting with the temperature going from a heatwave to 8c! Don’t be fooled into not bringing warm clothes…

This Canadian journey is going to be exciting but it’s something more. The backstory is that late last year I was awarded a #churchilltrust fellowship ( in memory of Sir…