After my first contract there in the seventies, I had tears in my eyes when I looked one last time at Kluane Lake from a rise before returning south for the winter. The scenery is that magnificent. I have never lost my love for the arctic since. Even though my principal residence is now in the Southern Caribbean

, I still go up there at every opportunity. Two years ago I spent the summer in the NWT. Now I am once again fishing for a way to spend next summer up there. If you love flying, you'll love the North. If flying is just a way to make a living for you, you have my condolances and might as well not bother.