# Wildfire Journey Story

Visual storytelling website documenting a train hackathon interrupted by the 2024 Jasper wildfire.

Web page: /projects/boreal-express-visual-story

- From: The Boreal Express
- When: 2024-07
- Significance: standard
- Tags: hackathon, in-person

## Overview

Hack Club brought 50 teenagers onto The Canadian for a cross-country hackathon. The train turned back at Kamloops because of the Jasper wildfire, and the hackathon continued at Vancouver station.

The site pairs train-window footage with animated captions and optional train audio to tell the journey’s story.

## Result

I built a visual account of the journey and its environmental context and shared it at the onboard project showcase. The site ran on the train’s local network.

## Gallery

![Original Boreal Express visual story with train-window footage and animated narration.](/assets/tab-panels/boreal-express-story.webp)

## Links

* [Project account](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7231436904213135360)

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