Update: As of 1:11 p.m., Hurricane Florence is now a Category 4 storm with winds near 130 mph. As of 11 a.m. on September 10, Hurricane Florence is officially a Category 3 storm, poised to hit our region as a Category 4 by Thursday morning…

Bears on airport carousels are a good sign. Both the airports at Longyearbyen (Svalbard) and Whitehorse (Yukon) have stuffed Polar and Grizzly Bears respectively guarding the rotating suitcases. Here at Kirkenes this chap's much smaller as…

Pop quiz: What should you do if a lion jumps into your car? The answer, if you're one of the tourists at a Crimean wild-animal park recently, is: Enjoy the ride. Taigan Safari Park owner Oleg Zubkov stopped the open-sided jitney as it appr…

Organising gear yesterday morning before a 6am dawn/sunrise sea kayak tour I came across this beautiful big hedgehog in the yard; heading for the oak and birch woods.First live hedgehog I have seen in years - brilliant to see! Source: http…

Current moving from right to left, set to the left. Photo: Kyle Shea.Today we address one of the most common mistakes we see made on the river; setting the hook in the wrong direction. When fishing in moving water, the direction in which y…

Some things in life are worth repeating. I tell Mrs. Nugent I love her every few hours. I bring her flowers often. I never pass her in a room without a quick hug and a smooch. I try to call my kids, grandkids, siblings and extended family…

This article was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here with permission. When I was a ranger at Crater Lake national park in the 1980s, the average snowfall at headquarters was 500 inches a year, and snow could accumul…