James Stone works as an economist at the Department of International Trade Canada. He first rediscovered A.P. Low while a student at QueenÃs University and kept the idea of writing the biography of this man in the back of his mind since then. Jim has varied northern experience, including geodetic mapping in northern Quebec and the Yukon, canoeing the Nahanni, the Hanbury/Thelon Rivers, and now the Eastmain and Rupert Rivers. On a posting in Brussels he also helped to keep the European market open for Canadian fur.
He is currently posted in Singapore, where he ignored the hot and humid weather to write about A.P. Low's adventures in the north. His spouse Michaela and sons Adam and Benjamin have been highly supportive of his northern leanings and may yet go on a northern trip with him.
