Quote from last chapter of Scott's book, Distant Fires, about the canoe trip to Hudson Bay:
Life is the Pursuit, Not the Capture
"...Distant fires are around us everywhere. They do not burn just in the North. But in the lands, in the woods and among the lakes and the streams they are easier to see, easier to follow. Everywhere that dream is held and followed to its end, there the distant fires burn. Some only we can see. Others we share with many.
We thought that we would find our fire at York Factory. For years it had burned there before us, always ahead, always beckoning. But distant fires are never reached. At best, it is possible to stand near their ashes, still warm. Looking up, you can see that the fires have moved on, burning brightly somewhere farther in the distance..."
--from Distant Fires