Canada's mysterious Island

When I saw the thin ribbon of sand for the first time, I couldn’t quite believe my eyes. This far-flung and fabled island, for most, exists entirely in the imagination. It’s a place seen by few, and trod upon by even fewer.

Pulling on my foul-weather gear – I had been warned that winds and weather could shift at a moment’s notice in this corner of the North Atlantic – I wobbled in my gumboots down the ship’s gangway and onto a Zodiac. I was about to become one of a very small, privileged group: a visitor to Canada’s