18 — North Shore News - Friday, October 20, 2000 Grossing co Martin Millerchip Arts Editor minillerchip@nsnews.com A legendary photogra- pher in love with British Columbia‘s landscape will visit Centennial Theatre Monday, October 23, John Dunn’s multi-media slideshow of his most recent adventure, a 2,500-kilometre traverse of British Columbia from Tofino to Fort Nelson, by kayak, canoe and on foot, wil be presented by The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Society with sponsorship from the North Shore News. Dunn is well-known for his public presentations on ‘his previous adventures — traverses of Ellesmere Island, : Baffin Island and Devon Island, all in the Canadian Arctic. These trips have been featured in Canadian Geaqraphic and Natiaual Geaqraphic magazines. Dunn visited Greenland’s west coast four times in the 1980s, culminating in the completion of a 5,500 km, out- board-powered boating journey that reached 78°N (opposite Ellesmere Island). Increasingly uncomfortable with the use of powered craft in the wilderness, Dunn decided that his future expeditions would rely on human power alone. In 1990, his_ team completed a 96-day, 1,250-Yar traverse of Ellesmere _ Island: the first recorded human- -powered journey along the length of Canada’s northernmost island. _ Dunn completed three other ski expeditions between 1991 and 1993: 400-km solo journey on Ellesmere Island, and two - 600-km journeys (across Devon Island in 1992 and along the arctic coast of Labrador in 1993). “x. In late March 1994 John and his tean: took on theie great- sgele mo asi and ¢ photo John Dunn JOHN Dunn (left) and colleague Bob Saunders near Fort Nelson towards the end of a 54-day crossing of the Canadian Cordillera (paraile! mountain ranges). est challenge when they began a six month skiing, kayaking and hiking traverse on Baffin Island. One hundred ar owo days later they had completed the first known hu +: powered traverse of the world’s fifth largest island: a jou. wey covering 3,030 kilometers. In Coast & Cordillera John covers his solo kay aking j jour- ney up the outside of Vancouver Island, the contrasting Inside Passage section in a 31-foot west-coast style canoe (with a crew of eight), and the bold, late-season hiking and canoe crossing of the entire Canadian Cordillera from Stewart to Fort Nelson. John rates the 1,000-km Cordillera crossing as the toughest expedition he has ever under-taken. Hiking and paddling for 54 days without a day off, John and colleague Bob Saunders both lost 30 !b. as they struggled through the untracked wilderness of northern British Columbia. Call 984-4484 for tickets and information. $e sizzle to our menu, : eo, The New York Staak Oscer This tender, sumptuous, chargrilled AAA 60z New York striptoin is yours for the asking. - Topped with shrimp, broccoli and a delicate hollandaise sauce, it's an irresistible new meal. So came into White Spot for meals the whole family canenioy. - Weekend and weeknight closures of the Lions Gate Bridge are weil underway. For up-to-date information on ciosures: 473-1500 or to 94.5 FM and. toll-free: 1-877-473-0202 local traffic reports THE LIONS GATE COMPLETION PROJECT wider * stranger + safer Plan to take the Ironworkers’ Memorial Second Narrows Bridge... Tike world i is 70% water. These are 100% waterproo. Punham. UBOOTMAKERS 1885" 4 Division of New Balance ainteh. Shoe inc. Ruggards® ; ‘Guaranteed Waterproof . - - Guaranteed Comfort _ 101-1200 Lonsdale Avenus at 12th 990-6888 nse@telus.net ..