BRUCE KIRKBY

 Adventurer, writer, photographer, speaker and paddleboard athlete, Bruce is widely recognized for connecting wild places with contemporary issues.  His journeys span more than eighty countries and thirty years, with notable accomplishments including the first modern crossing of Arabia’s Empty Quarter by camel, a descent of Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Gorge by raft, a sea kayak traverse of Borneo’s northern coast and a coast-to-coast Icelandic trek. A columnist for The Globe and Mail, author of three bestselling books and winner of multiple National Magazine Awards, Kirkby's work has appeared in the New York Times, Outside and Canadian Geographic.