Tim Johnson has visited 147 countries on all seven continents, always in search of a good story. He’s taken the Trans-Siberian across frozen landscapes during the coldest winter in a decade, cruised on a submarine below the Antarctic Circle, tipped back fermented camel’s milk in a Mongolian tent, and heli-hiked in Greenland.

He contributes regularly to the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, Reader’s Digest and the Vancouver Sun, and also writes for CNN Travel, the New Yorker, National Geographic, Bloomberg, BBC Travel, the Daily Beast, the Telegraph (London) and many others.