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to an amazing trip. The north shore of Baker Lake, which leads into the Chesterfield Inlet, is starkly beautiful. The land is made up of jagged, inhospitable rocks. Scarcely anything grows. It is an elemental land, made up of rock and water. Again, fortune smiled on us. The temperature dropped but wind remained calm. Bundled in several layers of polypro, scared of the polar bears that roam the area and hoping to paddle beside Beluga wales, we rode the tides towards the bay, encountering no wildlife.
On September 14th, we left camp just as the sun rose and the tide was going out. For several hours we paddled east into the brilliant glare of the sun and towards the endless expanse of water. Small buildings appeared, then telephone wires. This was the small hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet. We turned into a harbour and for the last time, stepped out of the canoes.
130 days after setting out, we had reached our goal.
Bluebird day, Artillery Lake
Bison, Liard River