Already, our tour is proving to be an adventure.Over the next four days we will be paddling through the Yasawas, an 85-kilometre chain of volcanic islands and atolls in the north-western part of Fiji.

The Cessna Caravan left Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., and officials lost contact with it less than an hour later, according to David Olson, director of operations for Bering Air. There was light snow and ...