Bruce Kirkby is a wilderness writer and adventurer recognised for connecting wild places with contemporary issues. With journeys spanning more than eighty countries and thirty years, Kirkby's accomplishments include 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 the Mail, author of two best selling books and winner of multiple magazine awards, Kirkby has also written for The New York Times, Outside magazine and Canadian Geographic. He makes his home in Kimberly, British Columbia.