Adam Shoalts:Vanished Beyond the Map – The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell. 

Both famed for their long solo journeys ranging from Alaska to Hudson Bay, a century later, archaeologist and naturalist Adam Shoalts traces Darrell’s lost pathways to solve one of exploration history’s enduring cold cases—the mystery of Hubert Darrell.  Sponsored by Dr. Mark Robertson.

Description: National bestselling author Adam Shoalts will join us to discuss his well-known expeditions in Canada’s wilderness, including crossing nearly 4,000 km of Canada’s Arctic alone. Shoalts will also share with us his most recent book, Vanished Beyond the Map, about a legendary explorer who disappeared more than a century ago and Shoalts’s quest to retrace his route.  

This event is in-person at the Bayshore only – sorry no recording or Zoom portion.

Bio: Adam Shoalts is a professional adventurer and Westaway Explorer-in-Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. His expeditions range from mapping rivers to archaeological projects, but Shoalts is best known for his long solo wilderness journeys, including crossing alone nearly 4,000 km of Canada’s Arctic. Named one of the “greatest living explorers” by CBC and declared “Canada’s Indiana Jones” by the Toronto Star, Shoalts’s latest quest was retracing the route of a lost explorer, the subject of his new bestselling book Vanished Beyond the Map. His other books include Where the Falcon Flies, The Whisper on the Night Wind, A History of Canada in 10 Maps, and Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic, all of them national bestsellers. He has a PhD from McMaster University in history, and in his free time, enjoys long walks in the woods.