The ice maidens...

Visiting Lapland may be on many children’s wish lists, but I’ve never seen a more excited bunch of adults than when the northern lights appeared on our trip to Sweden. There is no guarantee, so we wer

Let your running loose

This week’s dream: tackling Moby-Dick at ...

The seasoned polar explorer Franklin lost two vessels and 129 men, himself included, in the late 1840s, searching for the route that would take 3,000nm off the sea route to the Orient. Even though glo

From vast swathes of fog-shrouded forests to icy peaks and a buzzing art scene, Canada is a playground for adventure-seekers and culture junkies alike. Time to leave your limits behind

You only get one chance to live your life but until you find yourself fighting just to stay alive, you don’t realise quite how precious that life is. Now, though, I remind myself how lucky I am every