Interview - Adam Shoalts and Where the Falcon Flies

Canada Reads American Style

Rebecca is excited to have professional explorer and best-selling author Adam Shoalts as a return guest on the podcast.

Adam is a geographer and historian and holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University. He has participated in numerous archaeological digs and undertakes solo expeditions in the most remote wilderness areas. He is the Westaway Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

In this episode, Adam will discuss his fifth and latest book, Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic (2023).

Adam's first four books:

• Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown (2015)
• A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land (2017)
• Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic (2019)
• The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend (2021)

https://adamshoalts.com/

Instagram: @adam_shoalts

https://rcgs.org/speakers/