Blair Braverman

He's from Manitoba.

But he changed his name to sound like more of an Arctic explorer.

That's really embarrassing.

We're on to him.

We're on to Stevenson.

Stevenson is a professional explorer, and he's a big proponent of this theory he's come up with and branded called the friendly Arctic, which basically argues that it's super, super easy to live in the Arctic.

Famously.

There are a couple of things I agree with in his theory.

I'm going to give him credit where it's due.

Stevenson takes issue with a lot of language that is often used to describe the Arctic, like lifeless or barren or wasteland.

He's saying, no, no, those aren't the case.

It's very beautiful up there.

There's a lot of plants and animals.

Fine.

Great.

He has a point there.

And he does recognize that indigenous people in the far north have a lot of skills and knowledge about how to survive.

So we'll give him that.

But beyond that, his argument is bizarre.

He basically has made a living going around telling everyone that anyone can live in the Arctic.