Dreaming of living on a desert (or deserted) island for a summer? Maybe take a look through these photos and re-word your wishes to include 'tropical'. In 2003, 2004 and coming up in 2005 I have and will spend a good portion of my summer in the Canadian High Arctic measuring snowmelt (watching/waiting for snow to melt - right up there with watching paint dry) on the southern coast of the Dundas Peninsula on Melville Island (Cape Bounty). This is part of my current research project at Queen's University in Kingston, ... (more)