Pukaskwa: A Naturalist's Year Surveying Birds in the Lake Superior Wilderness
Soren Bondrup-Nielsen
2016
ISBN 9781554471614
Gaspereau Press

Through 1976–77, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen spent a year conducting bird surveys in the territory that would become Pukaskwa National Park (pronounced Puck-a- saw), a 1878 km2 tract of wilderness located on the northern shore of Lake Superior. Fueled by youthful idealism and eager for adventure, the pair elected to live in the park for the full year, camping at various inland and coastal sites and travelling to remote corners of the park by ski, snowshoe, skidoo, powerboat, canoe, helicopter and bushplane. Comprised of an edited selection of Bondrup-Nielsen’s diary entries, Pukaskwa offers a look at daily life in the bush: from walking transects and recording observa- tions to whimsical projects and side excursions; from the rudimentary essentials of warmth, food and shelter to the joy of companionship and the simple comforts of camp life.