Yes, though it may be hard to believe in this era, there is still enough genuine Northern wilderness to swallow a person whole.

This news story is a reminder of that, and hopefully instructive to the thoughtful among us. A German visitor wanted to walk the forests of Yukon -- and will likely never be found.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/19/...k-across-yukon/

These visitors are welcome, of course. But there are hints that some of them don't fully comprehend what they are getting into, and so are not as well prepared as they might be. I detect a note of exasperation in the interviews with the SAR folks.