Baffin Island Pictures – Akshayuk Pass
It took me a while, but I finally went through all my photos from my epic Baffin Island expedition and chose the best to share with you! 🙂 Enjoy!
- This is where the Akshayuk Pass is.
- When we got stranded in Iqaluit, the military came with a very cool track vehicle to get us (and some regular trucks).
- My room in the PAB. Small, but perfect.
- The aircraft that took us to Qik (it’s an ATR43). The front half is cargo and the back half is where the people go!
- The Tulugak Inn, of the “Inns North” chain. Qikiqtarjuak used to be called Broughton Island.
- Walking on the frozen bay. You can see some of the houses and mountains that surround the community.
- Sea ice formations
- Looking at Qik across the bay from the hotel. The whole community is less than 600 people.
- Looking out the window of the hotel
- Packing the qamutiiks (“comb-a-ticks”) for the ride to the trailhead. Snowmobiles are off to the right of the photo.
- Our first camp
- Our first break
- Going down a steep hill
- Our second camp
- There’s a guide in the distance!
- Such beauty!
- Morning break
- Our third camp
- Unnamed mountain
- Ben in the mist
- Our fourth camp
- My guide’s tent
- It’s so weird walking in a whiteout.
- Fog breaking up
- Walking single file
- Morning of Day 5
- Mount Asgaard in the distance
- Climbing the peak of the pass
- Looking back at where we started
- Descending the other side
- Getting onto Glacier Lake
- Ice and cloud
- Morning of Day 6
- Mount Thor in the distance
- Breathaking scenery
- Taking a sunny break
- Mount Thor (or Thor Peak)
- Our sixth camp
- At the foot of Thor Peak
- Light and dark in the narrow valley
- Fog lifting
- Coming down the rapids
- Weasel River
- Weasel River, with unknown ice cap in background
- Thor in the background
- Me and the guides!
- Me and Kat (my guide)
- We crossed the Arctic Circle.
- Our seventh camp
- Looking down the fjord
- Mountains everywhere
- I wonder what that peak is named?
- Our eighth camp
- Our pile of gear
- Snowmobiles arriving to take all our stuff to Pang
- Loaded into qamutiks
- Amazing scenery everywhere I looked
- Goofing off in the Baffin suits
- Me! In the fjord!
- Overlord Peak, the boundary of the National Park
- Special times in the hotel
- Karen holding a puppy
- Tapestry hanging in Pang airport
- The trip was organized by True Patriot Love
- Support my fundraising efforts!
May 10, 2019 at 2:13 pm
[…] This is a fundraising golf tournament for True Patriot Love. As you may have read on my now page, I have been involved with True Patriot Love for several months, fundraising to support veterans and military families. I snowshoed 100 km on Baffin Island — to test myself and have a new adventure. It was amazing! Go check out my photo gallery here. […]