North of Reliance

This is home. It is easy enough to locate on paper, or in one s imagination, but on the inconvenient sprawling earth it is difficult to reach. The commute to the nearest town, Yellowknife, is 210 miles of wilderness lakes and trails, home to wolverine and caribou. Here s the story of why Dave and his wife, Kristen, came to choose this life, how they built a homestead and found ways to make a living, and what that choice has meant to the people they have become. Whether dogsledding across Great Slave Lake at 60 below, musing philosophically on the values of a northern life, visiting the nearest neighbors 10 miles away, or piloting a bush plane over millions of acres that rarely feel a human footstep, Dave shares both ordinary and life-changing moments with humor, insight, and really good writing.