Some interesting points I found while reading...(possible SPOILERS for those yet to read it)
SPOILERS ahead













Parents of that time were different.  I wonder if Sevareid's parents would still tell a 17 yr old in "todays day and age", sure, go ahead and do it.

It strikes me that either their social standing(?), or work connections(?), may have been influential in getting them access to aerial photos in that day.  I wonder what the cost of those photos were in that day....free(?), were they available to the average joe?  I thought they were millitary photos?  Did the millitary of that day just make these available to the public?  Canadian millitary photos?

I'm still awestruke that these kids and their parents just take-off without a complete understanding of the journey....having a lack of complete maps.  "Oh well, I guess we'll just find our way when we get there".  If someone did that today and failed...we call them a fool, if they succeed, we call them a hero.  I find it strange.

It seems there was some sort of "love found" with a youg lady in Berens Bay...did anyone else pickup on that?  Skinny dipping at midnight in Lake winnipeg....sounds like it could be interesting.  Thought I was gonna read a romance novellete for a second.

I wonder if that ferry service wasn't available....would they have conquered Winni in time to finish the trip?

The real adventure is gone for us today (IMO)....There's very little of the Earth's surface thats unmapped.  Today...the granduer is still there, the adventure of the wild is still there....but as soon as you are scared or worried about "where am I at"....just turn on your GPS.  To me, that was the true accomplishment of their trip.

I compare the recent publicised trips to this "original" trip....today, satellite phones, radio show call-ins from any rapid you choose along the way, unlimited power for cameras, phones, computers on the trip with cell chargers, GPS, accurate maps, high tech equipment (I'm not condeming this....just comparing)......It just can never be the same again IMO.]

I wish I had this spirit of adventure.