The trip route showing our camps and the big open water area, North Water.
Getting there - refueling at Cambridge Bay in the Central
Arctic.
First Air drops us off on the snow covered sea ice.
Our leader, Richard Weber, who has skied to the North Pole many
times!
Lunch break with Ellesmere Island in the background.
Jim skiis through rough snow.
Louise negotiates ice too rough for skiing.
Beauty abounds despite difficult travel.
Camp includes two tents.
Inside is great for relaxation.
Seals and their breathing holes were common.
Despite many bear tracks, we saw no bears.
Annourtok, Greenland at last - reached after 8 days on the ice.
Icecap snow is firm and makes good blocks for structures.
A gale force wind speeds our way to the edge of the icecap.
Descending the Clements Markham Glacier from the icecap...
to the sea!
A nice beach, but a 10 foot drop to get to it.
Diebitch Glacier we fortunately passed on sea ice.
Difficult ice foot traverse.
Neke seemed like paradise.
One last obstacle, we hope.
Oh no, the sea ice is gone! We have to cross the glacier.
Getting down from the glacier is the hard part.
Large islands off shore in the Baffin Bay.
Siorapaluk, Greenland, the world's most northern community, where
the Inuit live by hunting using traditional methods with dogsleds
and harpoons.
Our host, Josef, and his very nice house had room for seven of
us.
Josef re-stocks the water supply for the kitchen.
Meat is stored here high above the dogs - all year 'round.
This ringed seal was yummy! The skin will become kamiks
(boots) after drying and chewing.
Fish are dried for later use.
These pups will soon be trained to pull a sled. Note the small walrus
skull just laying there.
Jim and Louise's home page.