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Worldwide Quest and Canadian Universities Alumni
Canada's Northwest Passage and Greenland
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25 August to 6
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Female Polar Bear with two cubs on Prince of Wales Island in the
Canadian High Arctic on 27 August 2013 |
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I thank Laurielle Penny
of
Worldwide Quest for inviting me
to be on the resource team of the Canadian Universities Alumni Expedition
Cruise to
Canada's Northwest Passage and Greenland aboard the
Akademik Ioffe. I also extend appreciation to alumni
travellers for their enthusiasm and camaraderie. The captain and crew of the Ioffe and
the OneOcean Expedition Team are commended for excellent
service and a successful trip. |
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Akademik Ioffe at Pond Inlet, Nunavut, on 31
August 2013 |
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Beginning on 25 August 2013, we sailed from
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, north through Bellot Strait, east on
Lancaster Sound, through Eclipse Sound to Pond Inlet. After leaving
Baffin Island we crossed Baffin Bay and spent three days on the west
coast of Greenland, ending our trip at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on 6 September. |
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Bearded Seal on pack
ice in Prince Regent Inlet, Nunavut, Canada on 29 August 2013 |
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Sailing into Gibbs
Fjiord, Baffin Island. Nunavut flag on left
and Canadian Flag |
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Gibbs Fjiord, Baffin
Island. where we saw 70 Narwhals |
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Left: Speckled adult
Narwhals. Right young Narwhal. Most of the 70 Narwhals were females
with young. |
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At Pond Inlet we
watched a large grounded iceberg topple with a great splash and break up. 31 August 2013 |
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Beechey Island, Nunavut: three graves on right are sailors
from the
1845-1846 Franklin Expedition. Left grave is from a later search
party in 1854. We were unable to land because of
Polar Bears. 30 August 2013. |
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