When British adventurer Ed Wardle fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition by being left to fend for himself for three months in wilds of Yukon, the resultant TV show on the UK’s channel 4 and National Geographic channels (backed by Twitter and live blogs) proved something of a fiasco. Wardle cracked up, nearly starved, and was brought home after 50 days… Some, however, get on better with the Canadian wilderness. We review a couple of examples… Northern Wilderness

The latest exploits of the remarkable Ray Mears

The book of survivalist Ray Mears’s journey through Canada’s vast northern landscapes tells the story of the fur trade, More >