Across Far Distant Horizons: The Life and Times of a Canadian Master Mariner

Contributor to newspapers and magazines in Canada, Britain and United States on travel- and transportation themes.

Author: Empress of Britain: Canadian Pacific's greatest ship (Erin: Boston Mills, 1992).

Reviewer for CBRA since 1993.

Trevor Bridges spent 25 years at sea, came ashore while still a
comparatively young man, and then returned to his first love during
World War II. After retirement, he put together an account of his life
as a sailor—a life that took him from apprentice to ship’s master.
Bridges sailed in many kinds of vessels, ranging from sailing ships to
large passenger liners. In this plain, unvarnished account of daily life
at sea in the early years of the 20th century, he describes in detail
these ships, their crews, the many ports he visited, and his frequent
conflicts with shore-based personnel. In addition to recalling distant
voyages, he offers opinions and insights about his chosen occupation.
This is perhaps the real strength of Across Far Distant Horizons.
Elsewhere the book, which cries out for judicious editing, becomes mired
in digressions on such nonseafaring matters as history and politics. The
unconscionable number of spelling and punctuation errors makes the
reader wish that these memoirs had been placed in more capable hands.