“Travel is often one part geography and nine parts imagination.” –Kate Harris

In this episode of Deviate Rolf and Kate discuss Kate’s early fixation with exploration and interest in Mars (3:00); science as a catalyst for exploration (10:30); the universality of the human experience and her trip through Asia (21:00); the concept of borders (32:00); nostalgia and the transformational effect of travel (43:00); the role of home in relation to travel (52:00); and letting adventure into your life (1:02:00).

Kate Harris (@kateonmars) is an adventure writer, named by Condé Nast Traveler as one of the “world’s most adventurous women.” Her work has appeared in Outside, The Walrus, and Georgia Review. Her book, Lands of Lost Borders, is a national bestseller For more about Kate, check out www.kateharris.ca

Notable Links:

Rolf’s Q&A with Kate Harris (book foreword)
Silk Road (network of trade routes)
Mars Desert Research Station (Mars simulation in Utah)
Morehead-Cain Scholarship (UNC program)
Ernest Shackleton (explorer)
Fridtjof Nansen (explorer)
Annie Dillard (American author)
Wind, Sand and Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (book)
Henry David Thoreau (writer)
My Journey to Lhasa, by Alexandra David-Neel (book)
Aksai Chin (region administered by China)
Marco Polo (historical figure)
Tomas Tranströmer (poet)
Atlin (community in British Columbia)

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Kate Harris on the way travel can lead us into deeper questions about the universe

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Kate Harris on the way travel can lead us into deeper questions about the universe