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Treacherous and remote, the Arctic and the fabled Northwest Passage have long been elusive goals for explorers. Gerard Kenney shares stories of exploration in the Arctic region.

Lake of the Old Uncles recounts a trip that began three-quarters of a century ago in a small village inn nestled in the Laurentian hills of French-speaking Quebec.

In the barren lands of Canada far north of the Arctic circle, summers are quick and cool, mere short interruptions in the true business of the polar regions, winter.

Over the five hundred or so years that man searched for an elusive sea passage from Europe to Asia through the North American land mass, dozens of ships were lost and hundreds of mariners died.

No one wanted Gracie to become the Queen-hell, Gracie didn't want to be the Queen. She is, though, and people are just lining up to take shots at her. Some want her gone; some want what she has.

Raine Campbell has survived her first semester at the School of Necessary Magic, but only just. Time to throw herself into her studies and get a better grasp on magic.

A new MMORPG is taking the School of Necessary Magic by storm, and everyone is addicted-except for Raine.

Two-hundred years ago the earth was destroyed by the World's Worst Day Ever.

Ryder had gone from the impossible to the highly improbable with Massimo and Leandro. But can she do better?

Caitlin may have freed her town from evil, but the Governor who oppressed them all is still on the loose.

The Governor is defeated; the tides are appearing to turn.

When Caitlin finally gets the chance to join her brother on a mission outside of the walls of the town she has been trapped inside all of her life, her entire reality is shaken.

Still in New York, Katie is working on creating an additional base for herself and her team as Pandora contemplates how she can mess up Calvin's love life.

It can be tough to get an education at the School of Necessary Magic. Good thing Raine Campbell is a witch who longs to be an FBI agent.

The future has amazing technology. Our alien allies have magic. Together, we are building a training system to teach the best of humanity to go to the stars.