Adam Shoalts

… is a professional adventurer and Westaway Explorer-in-Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. His expeditions range from mapping rivers to archaeological projects, but Shoalts is best known for his long solo journeys, including crossing alone nearly 4,000 km of Canada’s Arctic.

Named one of the “greatest living explorers” by CBC and even declared “Canada’s Indiana Jones” by the Toronto Star, Shoalts’s latest adventure was a 3,400 km solo journey from Lake Erie to the Arctic, the subject of his new national bestselling book Where the Falcon Flies.(opens in new tab)

His other books include Alone Against the North(opens in new tab), A History of Canada in 10 Maps(opens in new tab), Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic(opens in new tab), and The Whisper on the Night Wind(opens in new tab), all of them national bestsellers. He has a PhD from McMaster University in history, and in his free time, enjoys long walks in the woods.