Arctic Safari Adventure |
Greenland |
Greenland |
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland |
Sisimiut - 2nd largest city in Greenland |
Sisimiut |
Sisimiut Sled dog |
Sisimiut |
Sisimiut |
Arctic cottongrass |
Sismiut |
Sisimiut -fireweed |
Sisimiut - dogsled |
Bowhead Whale jaw arch |
Sisimiut - church built in 1771 |
Sisimiut |
Kayak roll |
Kayak roll |
Kayak roll |
Our Russian Captain |
Our leader - Jason Edmunds |
Iceberg near Ilulissat |
Whales & icebergs |
Ocean Endevour with Zodias returning |
Humpback and iceberg |
Ocean Endevour and Iceberg |
Iceberg and glaucous gulls |
Iceberg |
Iceberg |
Waterfall on Iceberg |
Iceberg |
Iceberg |
Iceberg |
Ilulissat - iceberg capital of the Atlantic |
Ilulissat |
Illulissat |
Ilulissat Harebells |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat |
Ilulissat - cod |
Ilulissat |
Iceberg |
Fulmar |
Iceberg at sunset - sunrise 3 hours later- never got dark |
Uummannaq Fiord, Greenland |
Uummannaq Fiord - False Mayweed |
Uummannaq Fiord - Prickly saxifrage |
Uummannaq Fiord - Mountain avens |
Uummannaq Fiord - Alpine bistort |
Gathering 20,000 year old ice for drinks |
Iceberg |
Iceberg |
Nuugatsiak - destroyed by tidal wave - now uninhabited |
Nuugatsiak |
Savit - Snow Geese tracks |
Savit -pereigrine falcon |
Savit |
Louis Suluk giving a traditinal Nunavut welcome with qullig lamp |
Baffin Bay - thick-billed murre |
Nunavut, Canada |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - boots used for wet landings |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut boy |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - puppies |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - The library |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - Inuit |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - Inuit game |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut -child in native dress |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - Library |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - sewing a tarp made from seal skin |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - Grandmother and baby |
Pond Inlet, Nunavut - putting baby in hood |
Nunavat |
Scene from the stern |
Fulmar |
Beared seal |
Dovekie |
Thousands of harp seals |
Lowering the zodiacs |
Getting into Zodiaks for trip to shore |
Nunavut |
Bylot island Migatory Bird Sanctuary - thick-billed murres and kittiwakes |
Bylot island Migatory Bird Sanctuary - thick-billed murres and kittiwakes |
Dundas Harbour, Devon Island -Royal Canadian Mounted Police site abandoned in 1950s |
Dundas Harbour, Devon Island -Royal Canadian Mounted Police site abandoned in 1950s |
Dundas Harbour, Devon Island |
Dundas Harbour, Devon Island |
Devon Island - one of our polar bear perimeter guards |
Devon Island - Arctic hare |
Devon Island - ancient Thule campsite and artifact shown to use by Charlotte Mougeot, our Geologist |
Devon Island - ancient Thule campsite |
Polar bear sited from ship |
Croker Bay - walrus |
Elusive narwhals in Crocker Bay |
Raw seal, narwhal appetizers |
Raw seal, narwhal appetizers |
Beechey island - grave of sailors from 1854 Franklin expedition |
Beechey island - grave of sailors from 1854 Franklin expedition |
Charlette explaining the danger of quick mud (like quicksand) |
Beechey island - arctic poppies |
Icebergs |
Polar bear |
Getting ready for the Polar Dip |
The plunge into arctic water |
Resolute Bay - Trip to Ottawa on 737 took 6 hours |