There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who love camping and those who don’t. If camping is not your thing, you can still bond with the great outdoors, enjoy its sights and sounds, and still be comfy and cozy. Wilderness accommodations combine the best of nature and nurture.

There aren’t many places where you can spot beluga whales, icebergs, even polar bears while running a marathon. But you just might in Nunavut’s High Arctic during the annual Northwest Passage Marathon.

From my vantage point at exactly 66 degrees, 33 minutes north – the Arctic Circle as it intersects the Dempster Highway – Canada’s vastness is impossible to ignore.

It happened years ago, but I’ll never forget that warm, wet kiss. We were sitting on a rocky outcropping overlooking Yellowknife’s Back Bay. It was spring and the sun was heating the rock beneath our bums.

It’s 1 a.m. The sun is shining. And you’re teeing off – four degrees south of the Arctic Circle. 

The first time I saw the Northern Lights – Aurora Borealis– I was lying on a beach in Ontario’s Killbear Provincial Park.

Beams of light swirled gracefully across the sky, curlicuing and filigreeing the night. Lime and pink, green and hints of indigo. A watercolour masterpiece that moved.

Canadians are obsessed with the weather. Maybe it’s because we have it in spades. And we’re not talking just cold and snow. We probably have as many ‘flavours’ of weather asHäagen-Dazs has ice-cream.

Teresa Earle has spent 15 years exploring Canada’s North, but she still has a yearning to see more. With bucket lists all the rage, we asked Earle to come with her own life list for discovering new lands North of Sixty, delivered to our media centre one amazing experience at a time.

Teresa Earle has spent 15 years exploring Canada’s North, but she still has a yearning to see more. With bucket lists all the rage, we asked Earle to come with her own life list for discovering new lands North of Sixty, delivered to our media centre one amazing experience at a time.

The last time I got off a two-week river trip, we piled out of a floatplane and into a smelly van for an anticlimactic day-long drive back to civilization. In Canada’s North, the return to hot showers, clean clothes and an airport can be somewhat protracted.