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Spellbinding adventure from Canadas most beloved modern-day explorer.
Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near the foothills of the remote Mealy Mountains in central Labrador. Today it is an abandoned ghost town, almost all trace of it swallowed up by dark spruce woods that cloak millions of acres.
In the early 1900s, this isolated little settlement was the scene of an extraordinary haunting by large creatures none could identify. Strange tracks were found in the woods. Unearthly cries were heard in the night. Sled dogs went missing. Children reported being stalked by a terrifying grinning animal. Families slept with cabin doors barred and axes and guns at their bedsides.
Tales of things that go bump in the night are part of the folklore of the wilderness, told and retold around countless campfires down through the ages. Most are easily dismissed by skeptics. But what happened at Traverspine a hundred years ago was different. The eye-witness accounts were detailed, and those who reported them included no less than three medical doctors and a wildlife biologist.
Something really did emerge from the wilderness to haunt the little settlement of Traverspine. Adam Shoalts, decorated modern-day explorer and an expert on wilderness folklore, picks up the trail from a century ago and sets off into the Labrador wild to investigate the tale. It is a spine-tingling adventure, straight from a land steeped in legends and lore, where Vikings wandered a thousand years ago and wolves and bears still roam free.
In delving into the dark corners of Canadas wild, The Whisper on the Night Wind combines folklore, history, and adventure into a fascinating saga of exploration.
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One of Canadas greatest modern explorers. CBC
Adam Shoalts is Canadas Indiana Jonesportaging in the north, dodging scary rapids, plunging into darkness, and surviving to tell the tale. TORONTO STAR
Adam Shoalts is one heck of a paddler. POSTMEDIA
Explorer Adam Shoaltss monumental 4,000-kilometre journeycalls to mind the likes of Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Joseph Tyrrell. CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC
Move over Jacques Cartier, Christopher Columbus, and Sir Francis DrakeAdam Shoalts is this centurys explorer. HAMILTON SPECTATOR
Adam Shoalts[has] finished an incredible journey through Canadas Arctic. GLOBAL NEWS
Shoalts is a skilled woodsman and naturalist, able to survive the northern wilds with rudimentary equipment. CANOE AND KAYAK MAGAZINE
Beyond the Trees is a remarkable taleand a staggering featIts mesmerizing to be guided through Canadas wilderness through Shoalts eyesShoalts also wields a wicked wit. ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY
[Beyond the Trees] might just soothe your need for adventurewonder-filled[a] beautiful book. BUZZFEED
A wild adventureriveting. MONTREAL GAZETTE
Adam Shoalts does what most of us would never dare to doBeyond the Trees is a very readable homage to the wilds of the Canadian North. RICHMOND NEWS
[A] rousing adventure story CANADA.COM
Adam has a magic way of writing and making you feel like you are hiking through the wilderness with him. BOOKS WITH COOKE
the adventure of a lifetime [told] in thrilling detail. TVO
[Shoalts] brings us along on his solo journey across the Arctic, infused with the wonder of seeing this majestic land and the urgency of making it back before winter sets in. TORONTO STAR
His journey took himacross the terrestrial worlds largest expanse of wilderness outside Antarctica[an] engaging, hazard- strewn account. NATURE
If you love an outdoor adventure, Beyond the Trees is for you. KAMLOOPS MATTERS
Its an epic journeyShoalts has done an elegant job ofreminding us of the vast and brooding influence of geography on our history. GLOBE AND MAIL
Shoalts analyzes early maps in order to paint a picture of the land that would become a nation, bringing its earliest stories, voices, and battles to life. Combining geography, cartography, history, and anthropology, Shoalts leaves no stone unturned. CBC
A brilliant book. CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC
[A] marvelIf you like maps, youll like this book; if you like both maps and crisply recounted Canadian history, youll love it. Shoaltstakes you inside [explorers] heads as they face fear, doubt and despair in tandem with cold, starvation, and rebellious wanting-to-turn-back companionsCanadian history writ well. WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
A masterful approach to mapping Canada. TORONTO STAR
[O]ne fine book perfectly written for the armchair adventurer. POSTMEDIA
Adam Shoaltss book is a must read for anybody with interests in Canadian history, geography, and exploration. CANADIAN GIS
Rare insight into the heart and mind of an explorer, and the insatiable hunger for the unknown that both inspires and drives one to the edge. Adam Shoaltscalmly describes the things he has endured that would drive most people to despair, or even madness. COL. CHRIS HADFIELD , astronaut, International Space Station commander
As gripping to read as it mustve been exciting to live! LES STROUD, Survivorman
Adam Shoaltss remarkable solo forayis the kind of incredible effort that fosters legends. THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Shoaltss love of nature, cool professionalism, and almost archaically romantic spirit draw us into his adventuresShoalts is a knowledgeable and observant guide. QUILL AND QUIRE
Anyone who thinks exploration is dead should read this book. JOHN GEIGER , author, CEO of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
The more layers you peel away, the more you begin to see the quick mind and quiet intensity that helps propel Adam Shoalts. BRIAN BANKS, CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC
It is a story of brutal perseverance and stamina, which few adventurers could equal. LIFE IN QUEBEC MAGAZINE
Shoalts is a fearless adventurerAlone Against the North is a rip-roaring yarn. THE GREAT CANADIAN BUCKET LIST
Shoaltsvividly describes an area of the country most of us will never witness. METRO (Toronto)
Beyond the Trees
A History of Canada in Ten Maps
Alone Against the North
ALLEN LANE
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First published 2021
Copyright 2021 by Adam Shoalts
Map 2021 Adam Shoalts
Permissions for extracts granted from: Hollett, L, eds. Stories of the Mealy Mountains Akamiuapishku. Them Days, Stories of Early Labrador 30 no. 2 (2006).
Rompkey, R. The Labrador Memoir of Dr Harry Paddon, 1912-1938. Montreal: MQUP, 2003. Print.
All images are courtesy of Adam Shoalts unless otherwise stated.
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: The whisper on the night wind : the true history of a wilderness legend / Adam Shoalts. Names: Shoalts, Adam, 1986- author.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210092068 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210103078 | ISBN 9780735241046 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780735241060 (EPUB)
Subjects: LCSH: Shoalts, Adam, 1986-TravelNewfoundland and Labrador. | LCSH: LegendsNewfoundland and Labrador. | LCSH: Newfoundland and LabradorDescription and travel. | LCSH: Newfoundland and LabradorHistory.
Classification: LCC FC2167.6 .S56 2021 | DDC 917.18/2047dc23
Book design by Emma Dolan
Cover design by Emma Dolan
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To Thomas
Let us probe the silent places, let us seek what luck betide us;
Let us journey to a lonely land I know.
Theres a whisper on the night-wind,
theres a star agleam to guide us,
And the Wild is calling, callinglet us go.
Robert Service, The Call of the Wild, 1907
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