In 1962 at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, a young Canadian television writer and his artist friend were prowling the docks in Montreal in search of a munitions ship headed for blockaded Cuba.Their goal was to sign on as crewmen, as a first step in their planned journey of adventure around the world.Instead, they find themselves signed on to a Norwegian freighter bound for Africa.Thus began a journey that took them from Montreal to Capetown...