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100 Days Later - The Calgary Flood
Check out CBC Flood Coverage - they have a special report on the flood - 100 days later. There is an interesting interactive map that tracks the progress of the flood and has descriptions and video coverage embedded. It is an interesting way to track the path/journey of the flood.

//**Kid President .**//.. a short video presented by a young boy encouraging 'Awesomeness' ... ties nicely in to journey ... Thanks for the link, Brandt & Tr

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o (Requires teacher override)

[|Smithsonian Libraries]

Throughout time, voyagers and explorers have drawn readers to unknown lands through stories in song and legend, early manuscripts, and printed books. Then as now, these intriguing accounts of discovery and faraway places broadened the world view of those left at home. Voyages of discovery can be of many kinds: a **physical** journey to an unknown place, a **mental** exploration of **new or familiar** territory, or a wholly **new episode of creative thought**. All three are explored in //Voyages//, an exhibition spanning five centuries of rare books, manuscripts, art, and artifacts from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

[|Nebo Literature - Journeys Page] An interesting site with background and links to literature on different kinds of journeys.

[|Modern Explorers]

Presents photos and biographies of a number of modern explorers. From Jessica Watson, the youngest person (16) to circumnavigate the globe without assistance: //“Before I left, I remember being asked by someone, ‘How can you possibly know what’s going to happen?’ Well, of course you can’t. You do your best to prepare, but it is an adventure. You can’t fully prepare—that’s the point.”//

//The next link has a strange site name, I know, but it looks quite safe and has nice bios and pictures of 5 modern day adventurers ... there is some overlap with Modern Explorers, above:// [|The Art of Manliness]