The men who hunted the elusive Northwest Passage. From mythical maps to doomed expeditions and disputed cannibalism, a new exhibition chronicles man’s many attempts to find the Arctic channel http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/20/chilling-history-exhibition-northwest-passage

The Canadian army trained soldiers on bikes to perform all kinds of tasks in the First World War. http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/remembrance-day-special-canadian-corps-cyclist-battalion/