James Sidney and Sarah Stewart journeyed to places of outstanding beauty and breathtaking diversity, from the rocky coves of Cape Breton Island and the shores of Lake Ontario to the tundra of the Yukon's Tombstone Mountains and the moss-cloaked forests of Clayoquot Sound. Along the way they discovered truths about themselves and about the fragile nature of the environment. Determined to reach unprotected wilderness regions that were threatened with destruction, they were almost capsized by a tanker, run down by a logging truck, and attacked by a "grizzly." Despite these trials, their book paints a spirited, optimistic, and enlightened view of the future.