The Milk Run

About this episode

Phoebe Smith explores the experience of slow travel on BC Ferries’ 'Milk Run' through Canada’s Inside Passage.

A ferry announcement about whales comes over the tannoy and suddenly the cafeteria empties, the crew step away from their tasks, and everyone presses to the windows. That shared pause is the heartbeat of slow travel, and it’s why Adventurer Phoebe Smith takes you onboard BC Ferries’ “Milk Run” from Vancouver Island up through Canada’s Inside Passage. This isn’t a floating resort. It’s a working supply route that carries food, freight and locals between remote Indigenous coastal communities an...

People in this episode

Host: Phoebe Smith

Topics covered

• slow travel
• ferry travel
• Indigenous communities
• British Columbia
• adventure travel

Keywords

• ferry
• whales
• supply route
• remote communities
• travel

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Vancouver Island, Canada’s Inside Passage, Indigenous coastal communities

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