Callum Thomson, a graduate of the University of Calgary (B.A. Hons., Archaeology) and Bryn Mawr College (M.A., Anthropology) is an archaeologist specializing in circumpolar cultures. He has spent more than 30 years undertaking field research in the Canadian Arctic and Subarctic and for the past 15 years has served in the off-season as lecturer and guide on small expedition cruise ships in the Arctic, North Atlantic and Antarctica. Callum is a former Curator of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Newfoundland Museum, former Provincial Archaeologist for Newfoundland and Labrador, and worked for 14 years as Heritage Resources Manager for an international firm of environmental and engineering consultants. Callum and Research Associate/Life Member Jane Sproull Thomson now live in Pictou Landing, NS, where they manage Thomson Heritage Consultants, specializing in Arctic studies.