Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦
@explorenorth.bsky.social
Discovered the Yukon in 1985, never leaving. Historian, traveller, photographer, writer, wilderness hiker, naturist, dog lover, antifa - on some particularly fine days, all of those things. Photos are mine unless otherwise credited.
The world will celebrate the deaths of these 3 evil people. Very soon, I hope. Trump certainly looks like the celebration may start today.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The world will celebrate the deaths of these 3 evil people. Very soon, I hope. Trump certainly looks like the celebration may start today.
Entering the lock on the Moselle River at Enkirch, Germany.
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Entering the lock on the Moselle River at Enkirch, Germany.
Hiking up the Three Guardsmen (Haines Highway, in the furthest northwest corner of BC) on an old mining road with Tucker and Bella 9 years ago.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hiking up the Three Guardsmen (Haines Highway, in the furthest northwest corner of BC) on an old mining road with Tucker and Bella 9 years ago.
A screaming south wind last night has brought in some very warm air from the coast! The average high for today is -8.9C and the record low of -39.4C was set in 1975. #Yukon
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A screaming south wind last night has brought in some very warm air from the coast! The average high for today is -8.9C and the record low of -39.4C was set in 1975. #Yukon
White Horse, Yukon Territory, 1899. Within a year the community had been moved to the other side of the Yukon River, and it would be almost 60 years before a community developed on this side, with a bridge to access it.
November 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
White Horse, Yukon Territory, 1899. Within a year the community had been moved to the other side of the Yukon River, and it would be almost 60 years before a community developed on this side, with a bridge to access it.
Was this the world's first podcast? Connecting 10,000 Ford dealers in 41 cities for an hour in 1934! Using 15,000 miles of wire and 250 phone company employees.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Was this the world's first podcast? Connecting 10,000 Ford dealers in 41 cities for an hour in 1934! Using 15,000 miles of wire and 250 phone company employees.
Hiking in places like Mine Mountain just north of Skagway, Alaska, requires well-developed off-trail navigation skills.
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hiking in places like Mine Mountain just north of Skagway, Alaska, requires well-developed off-trail navigation skills.
New Zealand has some bloody awesome bus tours. From 90 Mile Beach on the west coast of the North Island, where the speed limit is 100m km/h, we went up Te Paki Stream to do some dune-surfing ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New Zealand has some bloody awesome bus tours. From 90 Mile Beach on the west coast of the North Island, where the speed limit is 100m km/h, we went up Te Paki Stream to do some dune-surfing ❤️
Evening at Dinkelsbühl, Germany - the Goldener Hirsch Hotel. #Kodachrome, 1991.
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Evening at Dinkelsbühl, Germany - the Goldener Hirsch Hotel. #Kodachrome, 1991.
Second-growth rainforest, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, 8-second exposure, 1989.
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Second-growth rainforest, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, 8-second exposure, 1989.
I'm pleased to see one of my favourite historians describing another little-known (or long-forgotten) bit of Vancouver-area history, including acknowledgement and perhaps even celebration of the fact that nudity was common in counter-culture communities of that period. evelazarus.com/a-short-hist...
A Short History of Maplewood Flats | Eve Lazarus
North Vancouver’s Maplewood Flats is now a wildlife sanctuary but in the 1970s, it was home to a group of artists and environmentalists
evelazarus.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm pleased to see one of my favourite historians describing another little-known (or long-forgotten) bit of Vancouver-area history, including acknowledgement and perhaps even celebration of the fact that nudity was common in counter-culture communities of that period. evelazarus.com/a-short-hist...
A muddy day exploring along the Mackenzie Highway in the Northwest Territories. What an amazing trip this was. After 9 days on the road, during which I rode 5,127 kilometers, I had 1,166 photos in my file after editing.
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A muddy day exploring along the Mackenzie Highway in the Northwest Territories. What an amazing trip this was. After 9 days on the road, during which I rode 5,127 kilometers, I had 1,166 photos in my file after editing.
A calm August morning on Alberta's North Saskatchewan River.
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A calm August morning on Alberta's North Saskatchewan River.
A little blog post (13 photos and an 80-second video) about yesterday's drive in search of sun in the Yukon - explorenorthblog.com/in-search-of...
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A little blog post (13 photos and an 80-second video) about yesterday's drive in search of sun in the Yukon - explorenorthblog.com/in-search-of...
If you think the New City City mayor election was wild this year, check out the 1933 one! I just came across this in the "Radio News Briefs" section of The Whitehorse Star.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you think the New City City mayor election was wild this year, check out the 1933 one! I just came across this in the "Radio News Briefs" section of The Whitehorse Star.
The fascists now in charge aren't big on logic. Or facts. Or empathy. Or truth in general. Or science...
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The fascists now in charge aren't big on logic. Or facts. Or empathy. Or truth in general. Or science...
Getting a car from Dawson to Whitehorse, Yukon, in 1933 sometimes required the car to be disassembled and carried across the Yukon River piece by piece by canoe! Ah yes, the good old days! 😂
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Getting a car from Dawson to Whitehorse, Yukon, in 1933 sometimes required the car to be disassembled and carried across the Yukon River piece by piece by canoe! Ah yes, the good old days! 😂
Here's a minute of icy zen from my drive today... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tcz...
Icy Zen
YouTube video by Murray Lundberg
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November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Here's a minute of icy zen from my drive today... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tcz...
It was grooming day today ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It was grooming day today ❤️
"The Cut" drops the Alaska Highway down into theMacDonald River valley via an impressive canyon at Km 602, which is 10 km north of Summit Lake. This photo was shot from a abandoned section of the highway.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"The Cut" drops the Alaska Highway down into theMacDonald River valley via an impressive canyon at Km 602, which is 10 km north of Summit Lake. This photo was shot from a abandoned section of the highway.
Williscroft Canyon is the most dramatic one I've found in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon. There was a time when I might have tried to get past that rock, but those days are over 😀
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Williscroft Canyon is the most dramatic one I've found in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon. There was a time when I might have tried to get past that rock, but those days are over 😀
One of the realities of climate change in the Yukon is that the clear skies and deep cold of 30 years ago are gone - winters are much warmer and the skies are often cloudy. That makes a full-spectrum SAD light an important self-care tool for some of us to deal with the darkness.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One of the realities of climate change in the Yukon is that the clear skies and deep cold of 30 years ago are gone - winters are much warmer and the skies are often cloudy. That makes a full-spectrum SAD light an important self-care tool for some of us to deal with the darkness.
The Hedley Nickel Plate Mine Road, BC.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Hedley Nickel Plate Mine Road, BC.
Lucky Four Mine, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, September 1989.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lucky Four Mine, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, September 1989.
Dean Blundell's post this morning is beautiful. It's about "legitimacy" as a writer.
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
A Personal Note...
"Purpose and Legitimacy"
deanblundell.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Dean Blundell's post this morning is beautiful. It's about "legitimacy" as a writer.
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...
He says in part: "The most legitimate thing in the world - and the only currency that matters in my realm - are the people I serve who invest in me." deanblundell.substack.com/p/a-personal...