Bruce Kirkby

Bruce Kirkby

Bruce Kirkby (born January 8, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian adventurer, photographer, and author who was a supporting member(communications) of a successful climb of Mount Everest and traversed the Arabian Desert by camel.

Kirkby's travels include the African continent, the Galapagos Islands, China, Hong Kong, Tibet, Bhutan, Iceland, Greenland, Borneo, Myanmar, Bali, Sikkim, Ecuador, Pakistan and Mongolia.

His photographs have appeared in National Geographic and other notable magazines and he is the author of :
* "Sand Dance, By Camel Across Arabia’s Great Southern Desert" (2000 - McClelland and Stewart) ISBN 0-7710-9564-3
* "The Dolphin’s Tooth; A Decade in Search of Adventure" (2005 McClelland and Stewart) ISBN 0-7710-9566-X

In 2003, the Globe and Mail profiled Bruce Kirkby as part of their "Canada's Great Adventurers" series and was featured in that year's National Geographic Channel documentary "Through the Lens"."

Bruce Kirkby makes his home in Kimberley, British Columbia.

External links

* [http://www.brucekirkby.com/ Bruce Kirkby website]


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