Join Kathleen and Michael Pitt as they leave the comfort and
temperate climate of suburban Vancouver to spend an isolated winter
north of the Arctic Circle. With neither power nor running water,
over 40 kilometres from the nearest community of 75 people, this
middle-aged couple learns to embrace temperatures that regularly
fall below minus 40 degrees. From their home base in a small,
one-room cabin, they seek the challenge of winter camping and the
adventure of expeditions across the ice.
In January 1999, the Pitts flew by Twin Otter to Colville Lake
to pursue Michael's life-long dream of living beyond the reach of
roads and concrete. By the time the ice went out of the lakes and
rivers in mid-June, their lives had been changed forever.
Michael and Kathleen Pitt had been paddling the rivers of
Northern Canada for ten years. Yet their experience seemed
incomplete. Summer is for visitors. Michael needed to spend a
winter in the North, where rivers, lakes and muskeg remain frozen
for 7 to 8 months of the year. Only by following the winter trail
did Michael believe that he could truly know the character and soul
of Canada's vast, seemingly limitless Northern landscape.
"A mesmerizing account of the North's beauty and the winter
Michael and his wife Kathleen lived in a tiny cabin above the
Arctic Circle. Well-written and insightful, this book will delight
anyone who has explored the northern latitudes or dreams of doing
so." -- Julie Angus, author of "Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing
Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean"
"Personal, humorous and witty, Pitt has crafted an Ode to
Winter, sharing with us practical tips of wintercraft,
philosophical musings and personal observations on life, the North
and the majesty of Winter." -- Alan Fehr, 21-year resident of
Arctic Canada and Superintendent of Prince Albert and Elk Island
National Parks
About the author, Michael D. Pitt
Born and raised in California, Michael D. Pitt emigrated to Canada
in 1975 to accept a position at the University of British Columbia
as a professor of grassland ecology in the Faculty of Agricultural
Sciences, where he eventually served as associate dean for eight
years. In 1981 he married Kathleen, who worked at the university as
an administrator in Information Technology Services.
The lure of a rural lifestyle, however, with golden sun
reflecting on winter snow, inevitably proved irresistible. Kathleen
said goodbye to commute traffic, deadlines, memos and office walls
in 2000. Michael escaped 18 months later. They now live on 565
acres in the Aspen Parkland near Preeceville, Saskatchewan, where
sled dogs Brownie, Grey, Sailor and Slick help them operate
Meadow's Edge Bed & Breakfast.
Kathleen and Michael Pitt are authors of "Three Seasons in the
Wind: 950 km by Canoe Down Northern Canada's Thelon River, "
published in 1999.
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