John Firth is the award-winning author of four books on northern sport and people who use sports to change the world around them. He received the Yukon’s highest honour, the Commissioner’s Award, in 1998 for his work to preserve Yukon history and culture. He lives in Whitehorse, where he can ski and snowshoe all winter, and hike and run all summer. As far as he knows, he is the only person ever to have skied under a moose.