Island of Blue Fox in the running for Canada's prestigious literary prize
Bering Expedition Island of Blue Foxes makes 2018 shortlist for RBC Taylor Prize By KJ Mullins As published on Newz4U Canadian Author Stephen R. Bown sees and writes about dead people. Long deceased explorers to be precise. Bown is fascinated by brave men who are knowingly sailed out of their comfort field as they explore the unseen world of two centuries ago. Communing the dead has been good for Bown. His latest nonfiction book 'Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph of the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition' is receiving rave reviews across Canada and was recently shortlisted for this year’s RBC Taylor Prize. Don’t let the title fool you. While blue foxes do have a place in Bown’s book, it is really about the failure of Danish mapmaker Vitus Jonassen Bering to overcome the harsh climate of what is now the Bering Straits, and the bungling of the Russian government who commissioned him to sail from Russia to North America. Bering