The Hottest Place on Earth

Consider the times, 1975… nuclear bomb tests fueling the Cold War, disco, the Pet Rock. We had it all. What else but a dark comedy with a backbone could come from that era? A good-humored, if rebellious, adventure seeker takes a summer job in a remote mining camp on Great Bear Lake, near the Arctic circle, with an idea he would get back to school in the fall. But when he learns more about the camp’s sinister history, all hell breaks loose. This memoir is chock full of humour, actual action, colorful characters, and events. It is also a page from the story of Canada’s nuclear addiction, our ground zero -- Port Radium, NWT.