'Don't let the old man in' — Detroit Lakes man lives lifelong dream in remote northern waters

'Don't let the old man in' — Detroit Lakes man lives lifelong dream in remote northern waters

DETROIT LAKES — When Lin Peterson was about 10 years old, he had a map of the Northwest Territories in Canada pinned to his bedroom wall. He couldn’t say exactly why he was drawn to it, only that something about the vast expanse tugged at him. “I’m still kind of asking myself why,” he said. That fascination grew into a lifelong fascination. Peterson devoured every book he could find about the Arctic and Antarctic, especially nonfiction accounts …