For more than sixty years, Jameson and Gale Bond pursued a singular aim: to reflect the Divine Will through service in the remote Canadian Arctic. As Knights of Bahá’u’lláh in the District of Franklin—“perhaps the hardest” goal of Shoghi Effendi’s Ten Year Crusade—they embraced isolation above the Arctic Circle, sustained only by faith and the energising influence of the Revelation. Their candid reflections reveal how personal frailties yielded to a higher purpose and how hope guided every hardship.

Their pioneering work went far beyond spiritual endeavour. Inspired by the Crusade’s mandate, they helped spark groundbreaking advances: the first health and education services in the High North, the extension of Canada’s judicial system into Inuit communities, and the introduction of ballot boxes that enfranchised indigenous voices. Though they never saw a fellow Bahá’í visitor during their decade-long stay, their legacy shaped both the material and moral landscape of the Arctic.

Upon returning south in 1963, Jamie’s contributions to Bahá’í institutions and international forums—and Gale’s journeys to re-establish communities in her native Hungary—round out these compelling memoirs of devotion, courage and enduring unity.