We departed Victoria on August 30th bound for Edmonton to start our journey with Adventure Canada to the Northwest Passage aboard the Ocean Endeavour. Originally we were to begin our journey in Yellowknife but sadly the whole city has been evacuated due to wildfires so a quick change of plans was made which I am sure involved many headaches for the company but they did a great job. After a couple of nights at the Renaissance Airport Hotel where we met up with Bea and Susan from Ottawa with whom we did the Heart of the Arctic last year we set off on Friday the first of September. We flew by the charter air company Summit Air up to Kugluktuk where landing on a gravel airstrip we went by bus to board the ship by zodiacs. Kugluktuk was formerly known as Coppermine and is a predominantly Inuit village of approximately 1400 hearty souls. After boarding the ship and going through the mandatory drills we set off on our adventure.
This is the route we taking through the Northwest Passage
Meeting up with Bea and Susan who we did the Heart of the Arctic with
The charter plane that will take us to the start of our journey
Our first glimpse of the Arctic as we prepare to land
Not exactly the biggest terminal we have ever been to!
Rather barren looking town of Kugluktuk
No manicured yards in this town
The Ocean Endeavour awaits our arrival
Gearing up to get on the zodiacs for the trip to the ship
View of Kugluktuk from the ship
Another part of town
