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

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