Whitewater Kayaks

Kayaks have been used to deliver a lot of things. Whales come to mind, as do fish. Computers don’t usually top the list. But that’s what Richard Smith -- a former elite special-forces officer from Scotland’s Royal Marines, now turned IT manager for Oracle -- did on his Northern Lights Expedition to Greenland this summer. As part of his missive to raise awareness about global warming, he used his sea kayak to deliver laptop computers to Inuit children.