(Glenn Gould on the train to Churchill, Manitoba, preparing to record his radio documentary "the Idea of North")

I am going north to look for the source of the chill in my bones.


"A Canadian scientist who recently returned from a trip to measure the Pole's current location says it has now left Canadian territory and crossed into international waters.

"I think the Pole has probably just moved past the 200-nautical-mile limit," said Larry Newitt, head of the Natural Resources Canada geomagnetic laboratory in Ottawa. "It's probably outside of Canada, technically. But we're still the closest country to it.""