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"What are the magic words?" "Abracadabra!" chorused the voices of the twenty or so children grouped around my ft. "Absolutely not," I stated as solemnly as I may. They've been modified this yr to …" Magic permeates the remarkable journey of the young Patrick McLaren. With the spirit of journey embedded in his genes, Patrick packs up his magic case and hitchhikes across Canada, spending two summers as a cowboy-guide in Jasper National Park. His off-duty magic exhibits are a lot appreciated, and Patrick is commonly asked to repeat his sleight of hand. While hitchhiking by Europe throughout a subsequent summer season, Patrick continues to sharpen his craft as he finds himself performing in many unlikely situations, on one occasion, for a hostile audience at the British Embassy in Geneva. Always desirous to be on the ready, Patrick packs his magic case once more when he accepts summer time jobs that transport him into remote places in Canada’s Rocky Mountains and High Arctic. Magic exhibits and journey are not Patrick’s only pursuits. Indeed, much of Magic Travels is taken up with the tasks associated with geological fieldwork taking him to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and the High Arctic. But, one way or the other, the ordinary becomes quite extraordinary as horses seldom cooperate as planned, a trek to retrieve a vehicle becomes an eye-to-eye standoff with a grizzly bear, or a transfer to a brand new work camp on a Baffin Island ice cap turns into a marathon, sixteen-hour, skidoo journey in whiteout conditions. Patrick manages these and every state of affairs with humour. It, together with optimism and a healthy dose of luck, ensure that Patrick and his colleagues come out unscathed. The Unlikely Adventures of a Geologist: Magic Travels radiates an infectious joie de vivre. This memoir provides a captivating tale of an extraordinary young man’s formative years and hints about what will change into essential to him in later life.

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Patrick McLaren is a widely known geologist who was a Research Scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada earlier than founding a consulting firm in the United Kingdom. As a marketing consultant, he lived on his sailboat, travelling the west coast of North America and amassing sediment samples for environmental research. During his career, he became involved about the destiny of the planet, and he has fought towards fraudulent science being utilized for financial acquire by analysis sponsors. In his field, Dr. McLaren has revealed chapters and written extensively for scientific journals. The Unlikely Adventures of a Geologist: Magic Travels is Dr. McLaren’s solely writing excursion exterior of science and the first of three volumes about his life. He lives with his associate, Susan, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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