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Narwhal-watching in the Arctic, dinosaur-hunting in the Badlands, wreck-diving in Ontario, sea-kayaking the East Coast…Take your pick of our 50 favourite guided adventures and get out there.

Hammering Away at Eternity

He went to a small, unnamed island in a small unnamed lake in the Northwest Territories to visit the oldest rock on Earth…and maybe learn something about life, death and the nature of time.

• by Daniel Wood

Truth, Beauty and a Damned Good Wave

Winter surfing off Nova Scotia’s Lawrencetown Beach means frozen boards, ice-cream headaches and the occasional faceplant into ice. But for the frozen few, there’s no place they’d rather be.

• by Ian Merringer

Columns

Bio Logic — The Tango Lesson

Take a lesson from the tango: There’s a fine line between stepping lightly on the Earth and loving our wilderness to death.

• by Briony Penn

At Large — The Greatest Reality Show on Earth

Sure, you could always rent When Animals Attack. But if you want to see the best reality show, you’ve got to turn off the tube and get outside.

• by Mike Randolph

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