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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · Gjoa Haven (Arctic Island) Nunavut Canada - Caribou, Arctic Fox, Muskox | |
Ted ellis: Glad you like the pictures/adventure. It was really fun. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Desert Drake: The snow goose were everywhere. Obviously the fox were used to hunting them.Glad you like the pictures. It was fun. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Harry.C: Camping was pretty good aside from lack of trees and no outdoor biffies ( had to hide behind your atv for privacy) and mosquitoes. It was really worth it. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Imagemaster:
The light was pretty good for the fox and very overcast for the 5diii, but I agree, the 7d does a great job when you need reach.
I will read your article but my understanding was too many people, too little vitamin in canned food, map that was off, and they took limited help from the inuit.
The muskox have recovered signifiantly from the 60's is my understanding but then again I did not see a lot and am concerned that the high price of groceries is going to cause extinction. The other place I was going to visit and cancelled was Banks Island which is supposed to have the most Muskox but the local pilots adviced that non had been seen near the town.
I am not sure about December. I have camped at -43c (48f) when I was a teenager and it was tough. Chopping would continously for a weekend gets tiring. And there are no trees.
Glad you like them. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
[Wiki states that:
The combined evidence of all studies suggested that hypothermia, starvation, lead poisoning and disease including scurvy, along with general exposure to a hostile environment whilst lacking adequate clothing and nutrition, killed everyone on the expedition in the years following its last sighting by Europeans in 1845
In addition to this local people tell me that - the expedition was avoided because the people were crazy. I suspect a combination of scurvy (lack of vitamin C) and lead poisoining. Which probably did not help them when they did not get any northern survival advice.
The locals also say that the maps of the time were off by about 20k to the east and the last attempt of all the remaining parties to walk to Hudson Bay settlement, after 2 years stranded, was frustrated because they went down the wrong bay that dead ended instead of the next that lead to Hudson Bay
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