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!
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- This is where the Akshayuk Pass is.
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- When we got stranded in Iqaluit, the military came with a very cool track vehicle to get us (and some regular trucks).
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- My room in the PAB. Small, but perfect.
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- 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!
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- The Tulugak Inn, of the “Inns North” chain. Qikiqtarjuak used to be called Broughton Island.
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- Walking on the frozen bay. You can see some of the houses and mountains that surround the community.
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- Sea ice formations
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- Looking at Qik across the bay from the hotel. The whole community is less than 600 people.
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- Looking out the window of the hotel
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- Packing the qamutiiks (“comb-a-ticks”) for the ride to the trailhead. Snowmobiles are off to the right of the photo.
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- Our first camp
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- Our first break
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- Going down a steep hill
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- Our second camp
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- There’s a guide in the distance!
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- Such beauty!
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- Morning break
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- Our third camp
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- Unnamed mountain
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- Ben in the mist
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- Our fourth camp
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- My guide’s tent
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- It’s so weird walking in a whiteout.
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- Fog breaking up
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- Walking single file
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- Morning of Day 5
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- Mount Asgaard in the distance
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- Climbing the peak of the pass
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- Looking back at where we started
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- Descending the other side
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- Getting onto Glacier Lake
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- Ice and cloud
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- Morning of Day 6
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- Mount Thor in the distance
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- Breathaking scenery
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- Taking a sunny break
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- Mount Thor (or Thor Peak)
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- Our sixth camp
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- At the foot of Thor Peak
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- Light and dark in the narrow valley
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- Fog lifting
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- Coming down the rapids
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- Weasel River
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- Weasel River, with unknown ice cap in background
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- Thor in the background
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- Me and the guides!
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- Me and Kat (my guide)
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- We crossed the Arctic Circle.
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- Our seventh camp
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- Looking down the fjord
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- Mountains everywhere
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- I wonder what that peak is named?
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- Our eighth camp
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- Our pile of gear
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- Snowmobiles arriving to take all our stuff to Pang
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- Loaded into qamutiks
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- Amazing scenery everywhere I looked
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- Goofing off in the Baffin suits
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- Me! In the fjord!
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- Overlord Peak, the boundary of the National Park
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- Special times in the hotel
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- Karen holding a puppy
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- Tapestry hanging in Pang airport
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- The trip was organized by True Patriot Love
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- Support my fundraising efforts!
