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Gallery: Live from the Expedition


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Chris hauling the PAC outside the hanger at Cambridge Bay
Our good mate Wilf. A man who gets things done!
Awesome sled dog chained up outside on the ice
Our PACs joined up with the tent vestibule made by Kiteworks
Chris and Clark learning to kite ski
Sled with caribou skins on it out on the ice
Arctic Hare
Rene\'s wolf-dog Solomon
Clark infront of our PACs - all assembled at last
Clark infront of his pile of gear - all 200kgs of it - all you need to survive the arctic for 100 days
Colin\'s dog - such a good boy!
Relaxing in the Adlair Aviation hanger - just like old times
Twin otter landed us on frozen lake
Clark struggling up a hill with 250kgs behind him - hard yakka.
Clark hauling past frozen muskox remains
Clark hauling over some good old death terrain
Hauling across frozen lake - the joys of a tripod and camera remote
the tear in the kevlar tire cover - and chris\'s nice clean fingernails
Clark stumbling through the semi frozen snow
Dog Team Mode - Hauling through melting snow
Filling up our camelbaks with water from the PAC\'s path through the sloppy snow
Us very happy over the size of the peanut ration today
Gang of ptarmigans milling around the PAC
Jumping for joy at not only one sun but now two
Hauling eye view as we break through to slush each step
Clark cooking up a storm in the argh.. foyer of the tent
Clark delighting in a chunk of chocolate over lunch
Us eating our standard lunch amidst the grand surroundings of High Arctic Lodge
Tug-o-war crossing semi frozen stream
Chris about to put a Kevlar patch behind a tear in the PAC wheel covers
struggling to dual haul PACs across river
Death terrain trying to stab our Kevlar tire covering - note food packets stuffed in rim edge
Hauling dog team style over the frozen pack ice
Death Terrain. No comment.
Happy Chris on his 25th Birthday
The truncated PAC2 - The Nugget
Kevlar covers still hangin\' in there... somehow
Chris typing the update on our ASUS Eee PC, perched on the comfy PAC wheel. Awesome terrain.
View out through tent vestibule. Note the dehydrated food, mug of hot chocolate, flare, bear spray, cocolate wrapper, shotgun, and bear alarm tripwire tripod in distance.
Cramped quarters in The Nugget.
Clark assessing the damage.
Unbolting the warped axel, which we then cut shorter.
Curious Caribou
Clark emerging from the PAC for a morning stretch
Chris portaging Ortlieb drybags one at a time to lighten PAC to de-bog in mud
Chris effortlessly wading the weightless PAC across a lake
Us pigging out on the water logged trail-mix rations that couldn\'t be saved
Enjoying some free km, soaking up the sunshine in our last sub-river before the Kuujjua starts.
Chris holding up a 63 cm, 2.5kg Lake Trout - A.K.A. Dinner.
Clarks 24th Birthday Party - Complete with balloons and vodka!
Caribou having just swum the Kuujjua in front of us.
Arctic Wolf
Punting HMAS Nugget down The Kuujjua River
Freeze-frame from our video of going down the rapid
Clark holding up our tent vestibule as a sail for HMAS Nugget
Us moments before our marathon 18 hour sleep after about 5 hrs sleep in the previous 3 days.
Mountain Sorrel (or however it\'s spelt) - tastes like wild berries!
Yet another ditch. Stop. Unclip. Lower it in. Re clip. Pull it out. Repeat.
Pulling HMAS Nugget out of the water and up onto the floating ice
mozzies lurking in great mobs waiting for their chance
A paddle being flung to Clark to assist his ice-hop across the lead
Tediously lowering the PAC down a hill of boulders
A pair of Muskox on the tundra
Chris negotiating the PAC through crumbled ice on the windy lake shore
Carbon fibre and kevlar rims buckled after smashing down rapids and bouncing over boulders. Poor thing!
Twister in the clouds, followed by hail and heavy rain
Arctic fox, pic taken a few days ago, you can still see some of it\'s white winter coat on.
Clark hauling behind Chris in the rain - not much fun but we made good distance.
The Nugget in a fine example of bad terrain a few days ago.
The first people we\'ve seen in 59 days!
Us eating our dinner outside, enjoying the first fine weather in a long time.
Day 61: Yet another silly day in the Arctic
Lone arctic wolf investigating us during lunch break
Typical terrain these last few days, rolling hills of tundra
Negotiating our way through one of the many boulder fields.
Chris\'s rubbed raw heal - fun times.
Clark lowering the PAC down a hill whilst a musk ox runs away ahead
Look at our kevlar wheel covers. Every time we look at them we don\'t know if we should laugh or cry. Hang in there!
Part of our topo map showing the tangled maze of contour lines and lakes
Chris lowering PAC in fog
Us standing right on the west coast, enjoying an unrationed peanut butter on tortilla bread.
All 3 of us on the West Side of Victoria Island
polar bear
Onboard The Jock McNiven
Clark dead to the world - first sleep in a real bed on the tug the Jock McNiven
The wonderful cook onboard - Christina - with newly baked cookies for us!
Walking away from The Jock McNiven Tug
Us being interviewed live for Global News, Canada
US on Sunrise morning TV program, back home

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