A surprising number of countries have ruling monarchs; 43 countries still have them. 1. Constitutional monarchy: the monarch divides power…
Last September my wife and I travelled from Kugluktuk, located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the western…
Looking in at Ken’s week. This has been a most interesting week for me, and so I thought I’d turn…
An analysis of the impact 400 years of European exploration searching for a Northwest Passage. Preamble Where is “there”? Who…
Introduction Itinerary Here is our daily itinerary, including what and where we were, and what we did: Wednesday, Sept 7:…
Key Arctic Explorers – the European Quest for a Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean 1585-87: John Davis voyages. He…
I wrote the original blog on March 31, just after a month of fighting. It is now six months since…
My Spark show will again be on display at the Peterborough Public Library during the month of April. See the…
Putin’s War; Russian DNA (Swallowing a Porcupine) Introduction Vladimir Putin launched his war on Ukraine on February 24th. It is…
Attachment #1: President Vladimir Putin His measure. “What kind of person is Putin?” is the question on the minds of…