RUGGED is an opportunity to travel the northeastern coast of Canada from Iqaluit to St John's Newfoundland without getting your feet wet. Canada's diverse and breathtaking landscape along this coast is the backdrop for its history. Inuit hunters, HBC trappers, Moravian missionaries,the Newfoundland Fishery and today's thriving and hospitable residents are all part of the story as told from the view point of a modern day traveller in words and images.