Anders Morley

A passionate skier since he was a child, Anders Morley dreamed of going on a significant adventure, something bold and of his own design. And so one year in his early thirties, he decided to strap on cross-country skis to travel across Canada in the winter alone.

This Land of Snow is about that journey and a man who must come to terms with what he has left behind, as well as how he wants to continue living after his trip is over. It is an honest, thoughtful, and humorous reckoning of an adventure filled with adrenalin and exuberance, as well as mistakes and danger. Along the way readers gain insight, both charming and fascinating, into Northern outdoor culture and modern-day wilderness living, the history of northern exploration and Nordic skiing, the right to roam movement, winter ecology, and more.

Anders Morley has worked as a translator and teacher in Italy, a treeplanter in Saskatchewan, and a forester’s assistant in British Columbia. He holds a B.A. in history from Taylor University, an M.Litt. in ancient history from the University of St. Andrews, and has studied history and modern languages at Columbia University, Edinburgh University, and the Università degli studi di Bergamo. Author of This Land of Snow: A Journey Across the North in Winter (2020) and a writer whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Maisonneuve, Northern Woodlands, The Aurorean, and New Hampshire, Morley divides his time between northern New Hampshire and northern Italy.

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