Uncharted ARCTIC CANYONS Expedition (E5) - 11 Day Solo Wilderness Camping & Packrafting
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2023
- An 11 day, solo, Arctic Packrafting and Hiking Expedition in Tuktut Nogait National Park, over 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, to paddle the dormant white water Hornaday Canyons from Uyarsivik Lake to the Arctic Ocean. This is the least visited National Park in North America, one of the most remote and isolated. In 2023, a single visitor permit was issued, and I was lucky enough to be the recipient. I worked and researched for over 2 years to put this trip together. I would traverse, chart, and paddle the Hornaday River through the Canyons, publish a map with the details needed for others to follow and visit this beautiful section of river. This section of river was first attempted in 1977 by Larry Osgood and team. They were successful in paddling a good portion of the canyons, portaging out of the canyons when needed. In July of 1999, the Beaudry Team, comprised of professional kayakers, became the first and only full descent of the Hornaday Canyons. No one has attempted it since.
For the Hornaday Canyon Map, Gear List, River History and relevant info for planning your trip to Tuktut Nogait and paddling the canyons: suluk46.com/arctic-canyons
Episode 5 is the last episode in the series. It covers the last 3 days of the expedition, where I exit the final portion of the canyon and spend a few days paddling the calmer water to the Arctic OCean. It is over these last days where the wildlife becomes very abundant. We see Caribou, Grizzly Bear, and a Wolf on our last day. I spend a night in the D.F.O. camp before hiking 20 km back to Paulatuk and officially finish the trip.
I would like to personally thank the people of Paulatuk for their extremely warm hospitality towards me. I was welcomed with open arms and cannot even begin to express how lovely everyone was. The Inuvialuit are a kind and caring community and I hope to go back and visit my friends again in the future.
FOR THOSE LOOKING TO PADDLE THE CANYONS:
Parks Canada will LIKELY not endorse your trip, since rescue capacity is very limited in Tuktut Nogait National Park due to it’s remote location, and an uncomplicated rescue could take up to 4 days. The park has no high angle rescue capacity in the North, so extraction from high walled canyons would require up to a week for a certified rescue team to arrive. Should you decide to continue with your trip plan, Parks Canada MAY advise you to obtain private rescue insurance, come fully prepared for self-rescue and emergencies, such as cold water submersion, hypothermia, and bear encounters. Be sure to carry equipment for a cold weather climate and extreme winds, first aid, and emergency beacon or satellite radio.
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1) For Gear List, Canyon Map, and other relevant info on this trip: suluk46.com/arctic-canyons
2) My boat is an Alpacka Gnarwhal packraft, with full white water rigging (thigh straps, backband, skirt) and my gear stores inside the inflated tubes
3) Want to know more details about this trip? ua-cam.com/users/livezYne_egt3fQ?si=QJTUilwHig0XfgkB I was on the Canoehound Outdoor Adventure Show and did a 2 hour interview about it.
Thank you for sharing your expedition with us. Awe inspiring.
I'm happy to have shared it. Such an incredible place. Glad you liked it. I will be back.
Another awesome series!! I'm already looking forward to your upcoming trip to space!
Hahaha...Space...the only trip that can top this one! Glad you enjoyed it Martin. Hope to bump into you at the outdoor show.
An epic journey! Lucky? I would say so with the difficulties you faced before the trip but all went well and the trip turned out to be a spectacular one! The culture camp sounded absolutely wonderful. It must have been such a positive experience to spend time there, very cool. I love that you dedicated the trip to your Mom. Thanks for sharing this wonderful adventure. :) :)
I'm happy you enjoyed the series. It was fun to make, that's for sure. The culture camp was amazing, I filmed a bunch of it but after a few hours it just didn't seem like the effort to capture was worth sacrificing any of the experience, so I just enjoyed it. Instead, I made some very good friends. Yep, this one goes out to my mom :)
What an epic trip ! Thoughly enjoyed this series and what a speedy recovery from your accident ! Packrafting has added a whole new element to enjoying the back country for me, I hope to see you do more trips with yours ! 😄
Thanks! I couldn't believe I bounced back so fast as well. It took some work but was worth it. I'm in the same boat as you, once I bought a packraft, it totally opened up new routes that I thought would be impossible...
This is Emily from the DFO camp! Very well done and was cool to see us at the end. Excited to see your next adventure!
Emily! So glad you got to see the video and it was awesome to hang out with you all. Thank you for the hospitality. Hope you are doing well. I heard Mike might be going back up sometime soon. I am headed back in summer of 2025.
Very inspiring trip, Thank you for the series.
Awesome, hope you had fun time watching. It was a blast out there.
Amazing video. Thanks you!
Thanks buddy. The trip was wild.
What an amazing trip. Going to love watching this
Hope you like it. It's the final episode.
What a beautiful end to the series. Amazing wildlife encounters. I can feel your gratitude for the experience you had. Thanks for sharing!
You must have binge watched the series! Glad you liked it and thank you. I was very privileged to be able to travel these lands safely. Planning to go back in 2025.
@@Suluk46 hahaha yes I did binge watch it. I had a low key night shift and it was great to watch. Can’t wait to see your next trip there!
Crazy how much research you did to prep for this trip. I had no idea!
Oh yeah, I did an unbelievable amount. I knew the route and canyons so well before I even got there that I had my maps memorized. But I also thoroughly enjoy the planning process, so it's super fun for me to do.
So amazing.
Thanks dude. Super fun project.
Great trip man! very nice video work. What a beautyful river. reminds me of my favorite river here in norway, only much bigger scales.
Thanks buddy, it was a trip of a lifetime. Can't wait to get back up there.
Bit lost for words mate, you did extremely well at taking us on the adventure with you. Your risk assessment, the journey to get there, the narration all make the series thoroughly enjoyable. Some of the best packrafting on youtube!
For context, I live in Victoria Australia, I watched the first 2 episodes, then did a local class 2 run with my brothers and my 4 year old son, all on packrafts. Then came back to finish the series. Very motivating.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the kind words. It was a trip of a lifetime and I am happy to share it. Coincidentally, my family is on their way to Australia right now, should be landing in Sydney in a few hours...long haul from up here.
Sounds like a great family outing playing in some fun waves. Be safe out there, and one day I will make my way down to visit your beautiful country.
So sick dude! Really impressive stuff
Thanks buddy. Hope to do more trips like this in the future.
Again Awesome stuff man!
Thanks Max. It was such a good time. Let's catch up in the new year.
@@Suluk46 agreed!
Been looking forward to this installment.
Enjoy!
Dude congrats on such a wild trip I can’t even tell you how inspiring this has been to watch.
Glad you liked it. Hope to log a few more of these wild trips in the future :)
Congrats on completing this amazing adventure! We enjoyed this series, the scenery was awesome, the river looked like a lot of fun and I can't believe how tough a little inflatable raft can be. The caribou water crossing from an earlier episode was some national geographic kind of stuff, really cool.
We use a couple cheaper go-pro knockoffs but we carry a cheap Canon 1080p handheld that has a decent optical zoom when we do shorter trips for the 'beauty' shots, it'll get you the cool craters on the moon shots and stuff like that. It's small and light enough we would take it all the time but it's pre USB charging. You don't get the amazing 4k 60fps quality but its much better than a digitally zoomed cellphone. You could get a similar quality zoom to the phone footage in editing with the go pro footage sometimes.
Thanks so much. I had a blast out there. I've been using those packrafts for a few years and still can't believe how tough they are. I'll have to do some research on cameras, I do use the digital zoom option on the gopro and the phone but you lose quality so fast, sounds like a separate camera is the key. Enjoy the new year and best wishes to you and all.
That was a really neat ending to the trip. Yeah, how do you top that? I'm hoping for little to no snow next week so I can fatbike a Temagami canoe route.
I know, it's gonna be hard to top. Interesting that you are going to bike a canoe route in winter. I've thought about it many times...might even pull one off this winter.
amped for this
Awesome. I'm excited to share this trip with everyone.
Just watched your last video, congratulations on a true trip of a life time. The one question that keeps running thru my head is, how did you choose this trip that very few have done ?
It's kind of a long story, but I did a podcast type thing a few weeks ago where I go over everything. Check it out of you want to know more about the trip: ua-cam.com/users/livezYne_egt3fQ?si=QJTUilwHig0XfgkB
Trip of the year award goes to you. What a tour. So much work in getting everything organized and planned out. Incredibly impressive trip. Can’t wait to see what other amazing adventures you complete. Well done. 🛶 🏔️
Lol, I didn't know there were awards! Thanks you both, I appreciate it. Definity more trips in the works, not sure how I can top this one though...