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Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Marlene vos Savant 1946

photo of
Polar Explorer Paul Schurke tosses a ladle of hot water into the crisp
-38 degree F morning air in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness. Schurke operates Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge offering trips anywhere from his
backyard wilderness to the North Pole

photo of
A hiker takes a breather in a lush grass field along the South Coast of Jamacia

photo of
A remote camera captures action during a practice run at a kayak race
on the Wild & Scenic St. Croix River

photo of
A summer without rain creates a dust bowl along the trail high
in the Wallowa Mountains of Eastern Oregon

photo of
A Hot Air Balloon rises above the frozen St. Croix River near Stillwater,
Minnesota during a St. Paul Winter Carnival Race

photo of two sisters at the Apostle Islands
Sisters, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
Lake Superior, Wisconsin

photo of
A Soviet ice fisherman on the frozen Volga River employs common sense to stay
warm wrapping himself inside a large plastic bag reducing wind chill, Russia

photo of
A guide from Trek & Trail Adventure Trips takes a breather on the dock at
Sand Island in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Lake Superior

photo of
A reading break from the demanding rafting efforts on the Middle Fork of the
Salmon River in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho

photo of
A couple of adventerous kids find a riverbed checker board to test their mind
skills while backpacking on the Paria River in Arizona.

photo of
A team of sled dogs glow in the minus -20 degree temperatures in N.E.
Minnesota with musher Arleigh Joregenson

photo of
Polar Inuit hunters prepare to dress out a bearded seal near an iceberg
in Baffin Bay off the western coast of Greenland

photo of Minnesota Dogsledding
Dogsledding in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

photo of
Remote camping in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

photo of
Minnesota is known as the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes." In the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness lakes are connected to each other either via rivers or
streams or by portages. Often times the portages can be muddy and rocky

photo of kayaking
Kayaker riding the hydraulics of the Middle Fork River, Idaho

photo of prairie grass
Wading through Big Blue Stem Grasses, Tallgrass Prairie, Minnesota

photo of Upper Missouri River
Wild & Scenic Upper Missouri River, Montana

photo of Ice Fishing Contest
10,000 anglers compete in the annual Ice Fishing Extravaganza
Ice Fishing Contest, Brainerd, Minnesota

photo of
An evening kayak on Lake Superior in the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin

photo of
Winter camping in -38 degree F temperatures in Minnesota's
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wild

photo of
A young boy peddles his catch on the Amazon River, Peru

© Layne Kennedy 2007
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Minneapolis, MN 55419
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