In Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives, 120
outstanding individuals representing a who''s who of international
exploration recall the indelible moment in their youth when the
dream that launched their remarkable lives was born. As they
recount the turning points to fulfilling those dreams - often
overcoming enormous physical, emotional or other obstacles - we
learn how incredibly inspirational their lives are.
Included are Meave and Louise Leakey, Buzz Aldrin, Robert
Ballard, balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, Sir Ranulph
Fiennes, Lucy discoverer Don Johanson, Jack Horner, Sue
Hendrickson, JeanMichel Cousteau, the Ra''s Capt. Norman Baker,
George Bass, Eugenie Clark, Richard Fisher, Trieste''s Don Walsh
and Nobel laureate Charles H. Townes.
That 24 of these dynamic individuals are Canadian - such as
paleontologists Philip Currie and Eva Koppelhus;
Survivorman Les Stroud; Sea Hunter Jim Delgado;
National Geographic explorerinresidence Wade Davis;
veteran climber Pat Morrow; circumnavigatorsbyhumanpoweralone Colin
Angus and Julie Wafaei; photographers Pat and Rosemarie Keough; and
naturalist Robert Bateman - is testament to Canada''s significant
contribution to world exploration.