David Stanley
@southpacifictravel
male Nanaimo, BC, Canada
David Stanley has authored numerous travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. He has seen every country in the world and visited all but one.
A polar bear approaches the ice floe in search of seals at Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
This polar bear is perched on a ridge on Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
A polar bear swims through the Arctic Ocean toward Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
Seven smaller, unnamed islands are off the northwest end of Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Davis Strait southeast of Baffin Island. 
Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada, is characterized by steep cliffs of Archean rock billions of years old. It was named for the widow of ill-fated Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). 
The cruise ship Silver Endeavour braves the ice around Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada, receives icebergs which have floated down the Davis Strait from Greenland. 
A striking iceberg floats off Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
This basalt dome is at the southeast tip of Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
Monumental Island, Nunavut, is part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The British claim to the island dates back to visit by explorer Martin Frobisher in the 1570s. In 1880 the archipelago was transferred to Canada. 
