01 Jul Happy Canada Day!
Happy Canada Day to everyone from the Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter first leg crew in Inuvik!!! [vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKP-cG0cK2Y']...
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26 Jun 24,600 KILOMETRES ACROSS CANADA. . . AND BACK
This Sunday, I pack up the car with painting, filming and camping gear, and head to Ottawa to catch our June 29th Canadian North flight to Inuvik to begin the first leg of my Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter...
19 Jun GETTING IN SHAPE FOR THE ARCTIC
I've been trying to get in shape for my upcoming Arctic expedition since last November. Will all the effort it takes to put together and execute an Arctic expedition, there is just too much on the line not to ensure...
09 Jun PRE-TRIP PREPARATION
In preparation for my return to the north I'm reading, and really enjoying, Pierre Berton's 2001 fantastic "The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909". This book is bringing to life past the...
05 Jun THE LAST CHAPTER EXPEDITION BEGINS JUNE 29, 2015
On June 29th I will begin my 4th Canadian Arctic journey: INTO THE ARCTIC: The Last Chapter. Boarding a Canadian North flight in Ottawa will take me north to Iqaluit then over to Inuvik for the first leg of this 2 month...
03 Aug TO IQALUIT… AGAIN
Six o’clock came early this morning as I got up to see Max off at the cab. His flight back to Toronto was set to leave a couple of hours earlier than mine, so I went back in, tempted to...
02 Aug LAST DAY IN YELLOWKNIFE
The wind did it’s job in keeping the mosquitoes away last evening, but then went into overtime and blew all night making racket. As a result, I didn’t sleep very well. Woke to gray skies this morning, which didn’t cause...
01 Aug A Taste of Home
As my flight out to Pond Inlet isn’t for a couple more days, I’m trying to figure out the best way to spend my time here in Yellowknife. I definitely want to check out the place a little as I...
31 Jul Back To Yellowknife
Max and I packed our gear this morning, for real this time, and got it outside in a big pile. Collin was nice enough to haul it down to the dock with his quad, saving us a work out. It...
30 Jul One More Day
When we arrived at Bathurst, our departure date was set for today. That’s when the next lodge chartered flight back to Yellowknife was going out. We spent the morning getting our things together, but in the back of our minds...