Drawn to the North

Doug Allan, pictured here with a husky in Greenland, is the third polar venturer featured on the blog during the past five days. Commemorative events for John Rae were mentioned; the talks by Craig Mathieson were reported; now the presentation in early December in Lerwick by the Scots-born, Bristol-based wildlife photographer, Doug Allan, whose book Freeze Frame can be partly downloaded from his website. Look into Shetland News which carries an item on the forthcoming event.

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