Adam Shoalts continues to take us as a passenger on his journey to the Arctic. His writing honestly reads like fiction, yet everything that happens is a true experience he went through (mind blowing). This is one of those books that anyone can read whether you are an adventurer, hiker, interesting in the Canadian wilderness, or want to try something different that will blow your mind.

This was really cool! I've never read anything by Adam Shoalts and it was really fun to read an adventure/travel book set in Canada. I will say the first half became quite repetitive, but that's not really the author's fault as the journey was relatively repetitive. The last half was more thrilling. I would read more from him! If you love nature and backpacking, check it out :)

It's no secret to anyone who knows my reading habits that Shoalts is one of my favourite authors, and I was over the moon to receive a galley copy of this book. It's a classic adventure memoir, which the author does incredibly well, told with his characteristic dry humour and distinctive voice.

While it's "fine" for me that there's a premise for each of his larger expeditions - I know this has got to be some kind of requirement for the job, but I certainly don't care why he's bushwhacking through Labrador - I feel like "tracing the falcon migration route" came across a bit weak through the middle of this. Again, not a problem for me, just what I noticed. This said, Shoalts does weave a through-line by discussing the bird habitats at various points along his route.

Especially through the section where he's canoeing the St. Lawrence, this is quite the refresher on Canadian history. Many, many names and battles I hadn't heard since I was 12. I really appreciate how the author weaves these narratives in with his own. This book was additionally special for me because the author traverses areas around where I grew up and knew/know more intimately, so I was really able to picture them while I read.

I'd say this is classic Adam Shoalts adventure memoir. For me it ranks just below my all-time favourite Beyond the Trees, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a physical copy so I can see all the plates of photos from his trip.

This book was not what I expected. I thought it would be more nature, wildlife centered. I found it to be just the author's everyday happenings, whether it be how hard the paddling was, to his encounters and conversations with some of the people he meets. Yes, there are some nature experiences, but to me it was more travelogue. I thank NetGalley and Penquin Random House for the advance read.

Always a pleasure to read about Adam’s adventures. Rich with Canadian history and vivid imagery of the surrounding nature, he paints a picture of both the awe inspiring and the intimidating (think swarms of black flies, large carnivorous animals, and unforgiving landscapes). This adventure was a little different than the other books I have read by the author as this trip had him traveling through many areas where nature meets human settlements, adding many stories of heartwarming encounters with curious and encouraging onlookers. If you like memoirs about adventures in nature, I highly recommend this book.

Adam Shoalts invites you to join him on an incredible journey from the front steps of his home all the way to the arctic seeking the elusive peregrine falcon. Experience nature first hand for someone who may never have the confidence to paddle their own canoe through rapids and around shipping vessels.

This journey brought a greater sense of humor than was present in his earlier works while also maintaining a fascinating balance of history, geography and the Canadian landscape. I was thrilled to read him traveling through areas I knew and seeing them in a way I never have.

Explorer, storyteller, and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Adam Shoalts returns with the account of his latest adventure: Paddling, hiking, and then paddling some more to trace the migration route of the peregrine falcon from his home on Long Point, Ontario to remote mountains at the northern tip of the Quebec/Labrador border; a backbreaking journey of 3400 km. Where the Falcon Flies is an engaging narrative mixing the details of a physical challenge few of us could accomplish along with the geography, history, ecology, and helpful inhabitants that he encountered along the way. I found the whole thing delightful, and although there’s a sense that Shoalts made this journey both “because it’s there” and because he was looking for material for his next book, the point he makes about the need for preserving greenspaces — for the benefit of migrating birds as well as for the mental health of humans — is beautifully illustrated by this account and I am enlarged by having read it.