Robin Esrock tops off his Canadian bucket list with a sighting of a very rare bear.I’D TRACKED MANY Great Animals of the North over the last year, researching a book that would take me to every province and territory in the world’s second largest country. Polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba; beluga whales on Somerset Island, high in the Arctic Circle; moose in Newfoundland; the world’s only free-ranging herd of bison in the Northwest Territory’s Wood Buffalo National Park — a park bigger than Switzerland.

Mary Sojourner traverses 14 years’ worth of streambeds, addiction, loss, and recovery.1.IT WAS FREE. I WAS POOR. I knew it was time to take a break from main-lining my favorite drug. The clinic was famous. It was the favorite place for more than a few You Know Whos to dry out. I was one of the Who the Fuck Are Yous.

No matter how hard you try, there are some people you can’t keep away from the edge. Here’s where you’re likely to find them. 1Preikestolen, NorwayA mother and child peering over the edge at Preikestolen. Photographer: claudiomoderini2Gozo Cliffs, MaltaPhotographer: ino paap4The Eiger, SwitzlerandClimber near the top of the Eiger at sunrise.

Ambassador Nathan Myers reflects on his trip to Sri Lanka.AN HOUR OFF THE PLANE TO SRI LANKA, my taxi rolled up on this huge elephant just standing on the side of the road. “Stop,” I said. The driver stopped in the middle of the road. No other cars in sight. Raw nature in every direction. And this incredible elephant, just staring at us.

ON THE FERRY to the Princes’ Islands, you kept taking photos of the seagulls as they ducked the spray and fought amongst themselves for the scraps of bread the tourists throw. “Look how free they are,” you said.I only saw the hunger that kept them hovering above the backwash of the boat, but I just pressed my hat down onto my head and took a photo of us leaning against the side of the ferry, smiling into the camera.

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