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What is our human beings want to conquer? We are from a recuperating from the gym or pouring endorphins on chocolate cakes. Why do we (cough, cough, men) often feel the need to be the first thing? Why does glory beat death in the journey of first victory?
When asked why I was climbing Mount Everest, I always thought of George Mallory’s words, “Because it’s there.” It’s either the stupidest reason or the cleanest reason. Since old partner George died on Everest, there is a question of whether he is the first person ever to summit it, so the world tends to be aspiring.
I’ve been completely caught by Polar Bug for nearly a decade, and I’ve developed the habit of reading many journals and narratives of Arctic explorers in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is no shortage of material (focused on the focus) and pursuit of conquest in the lost Franklin adventure Northwest Passage.
Europeans have been obsessed with finding a way in the fabulous Northwest Passage for hundreds of years. There are several major routes that cross the 36,500 islands of the Canadian Arctic Islands, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It took the whites centuries to find a path that traveled thousands of kilometers to the cold, unforgivable wilderness. Of course, the Inuits and other indigenous peoples have always been.
Gentlemen, for death and glory!
Sir John Franklin was a normal British naval officer who somehow managed to lead the most well-led polar expedition at the time to travel the Northwest Passage completely. Leaving England with HMS Erebus and HMS terror in 1845, they were anchored to the iceberg of Baffin Bay for the last time (don’t fix the boat to the iceberg, guys; it’s super dangerous).
Since he hasn’t returned, the mystery of what happened to Franklin, his high-end ship and 128 soldiers. When fragments are discovered, we do know that cannibals are involved, consolidating mysteries into global imagination. Hundreds of tasks were launched to search for them, but the entire story was never revealed.
It was not until 60 years later that the legendary Norwegian explorer Ronald Amundsen finally completed his journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Since I think the Arctic sailing and crossing the Northwest Passage are more iconic. Climate change makes the Northwest Passage easier to navigate than ever.
Last summer, I spent nearly three weeks in a Canadian adventure Navigation through the Northwest Passage Through the expedition ship. It was an iconic and unforgettable experience. Here are some photos of me that made me fall in love with it.
Beach Island
One of the biggest highlights of the Northwest Passage cruise is a visit to Beach Island. If you are interested in the history and mystery surrounding the Franklin Expedition, Beach Island is an important place to visit. I’ve been to Beach Island a few times now. I think, every time, these people have lived here for many years? Summer, cold, strong winds and desolate, and winter I can’t even understand this place. Taking the northwest passage means hardship.
Notoriously, this expedition first overwintered in 1845-1846, and you can see the three graves of the Franklin sailors. This gives them an idea of the beginning of what is going on once it disappears. When studying the corpse, it also triggered the theory of lead poisoning. Google “Beechey Island Mummies” if you want to unlock some new nightmare.
We also visited Beach Island Adventure of Canada’s High Arctic Explorer Travel too.
Cningham Bay
The Northwest Passage is a great place to see polar bears in the wild. More than half of the global polar bear population lives in the Canadian Arctic.
Last summer, while traveling the Northwest Passage on the Ocean hard, I heard about this crazy bay where the Beruga whales rolled and scraped off dead skin in the shallows. Because the entrance is so narrow and shallow, they are trapped in the bay within the bay, where polar bears flock.
At first, I was like, that was too crazy to be true. Polar bear hunting whales?
But when we swayed to Cningham Bay, sure enough, there were twelve polar bears eating beluga! As we enlarged the bay, we passed half of our body, and there were also Beluga splashing around. Mom and cubs, big bears, and even bears that just died. I can’t emphasize how rare it is to see multiple bears that are not families.
It’s wild, and it’s certainly one of the coolest wildlife experiences of my life!
Port Epworth
One of the coolest things Canadian adventure It was them who had a long-term relationship with Canadian idol Margaret Attwood. They are passionate conservationists and birdwatchers with their late husband, Graeme Gibson, who support and encourage many conservation efforts and leaders, especially international birds.
She usually travels every year. Last year, I was lucky enough to sail from Iceland and Greenland. She herself is even more amazing. A few years ago, she even wrote a short story on the ocean called Stone mattress About murder and revenge. It’s so dark and nice.
I won’t give much, but the environment is the port of Epworth in the Northwest Passage. Matrix fossils, the location of fossil algae colonies, are the earliest forms of oxygen production. They are really old. The matrix stone in Greek means more or less “stone mattress”. The cinnamon bread served in the kitchen that day had a very similar look, which sparked some ideas to get some guys to form a band called “Frosted Side Plastids” that was interrupted after dinner.
I just said it was a very interesting trip.
Baffin Bay/Saknirutiak Imanga
If you travel through the Canadian Arctic and western Greenland, you will eventually reach the vast icy wilderness of Baffin Bay.
Baffin Bay is mostly sea ice, many wildlife and many history, and is an iconic waterway to the Arctic. Whether we cross Canada from Greenland or sail up and down the western coastline of Greenland, we break into the Bay of Baffin on most Arctic trips. One of the coolest experiences of the season is landing on some old sea ice and walking around Baffin Bay. New to me!
Indigenous peoples have settled in the region for thousands of years, and some of the earliest Europeans have also participated in the Arctic, including early Nordic colonists, who have also visited. If you want to go to the Northwest Pass one day, Baffin Bay is an important hub.
GJOA HAVEN/UQSUQTUUQ
Netsilik Inuit has long used the area around GJOA HADAN/UQSUQTUUQ for traditional hunting and fishing grounds. But, like many places in the Canadian Arctic, the history we see today is based on when Europeans arrived at the Northwest Passage.
Gjoa Haven is a community where legendary explorer Roald Amundsen lived for two years on his journey, becoming the first European to cross the Northwest Passage. Here he learned a lot about survival in the Arctic among the Inuits. It is named after his ship.
Today, it’s a remote community where we spent a whole day visiting the incredible Nattilik Heritage Centre and School. This is the first Arctic community I have visited.
Powell entrance (at Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Reserve)
OK guys, I’m going to give you a secret: Three months later Working in the ArcticI can say for sure that I am more afraid of walruses than polar bears. I’m just kidding.
We all know that the kings in the north are giant polar bears. What everyone desires to see, but only in a safe environment. In Arctic countries, guns are very wide in the Arctic. Most expeditions will have polar bear guards, searching for landing sites and exploring safe surroundings for guests.
This is to protect bears as many as humans, and there are many protocols. No one wants to shoot a bear. Any hints of danger and landing are cancelled. I feel completely safe everywhere, including in svalbard. Most of the bears we saw ignored us, including a day in Labrador, where a big fat chonky mom snatched in tundra berries for several hours.
But, I think the real predator in the Arctic is the walrus. listen to me. If their crazy red eyes don’t hint at their true nature, just watch some YouTube videos, the twelve zodiac signs they pop up in Russia. fear. After spending a lot of time with the Inuit guide and ploughing in a large number of Arctic expedition journals, I learned that everyone is worried about the mighty walrus.
There are many stories where they attack kayaks and boats with people, attack and kill people from the torpedoes below. Here, humans are very cautious about ferocious walruses. But seeing them (at a safe distance) is very special and not super common.
Crocker Bay
It was one of those hazy, low cloud days as we sailed into Crocker Bay. It is located on the south side of Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world. In 1819, the British polar explorer William Edward Parry was named after John Wilson Croker, who was then the first secretary of the Admiralty.
At the head of Fiord, the spectacular Croker glacier descends into the water from the Devon ice sheet. As the day changes, the sun peeks through the clouds above the glacier, creating the most beautiful Mis Light. We cruised back and forth along the face of the glacier by boat, bringing us closer to the ice.
It was a spectacular night, wearing the Northwest Passage.
Port Dundas
On the dark side of Arctic history, Dundas Harbour is located in my grim spot. When we arrive, it is moody and intermittent snowing does not help. The ground was scattered with huge bones, and the polar bears left huge bones. The atmosphere is absolutely bleak and desolate.
Dundas Harbour is located on the east side of Devon Island and was established as an outpost by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the 1920s. This allowed them to place their claims on the Arctic. All the big guns were doing this at the time. Speaking of guns, two young mounts stationed there died. One was suicide, and the other was accidentally discharged from a gun. Their graves overlook the harbor.
But the darker side of Dundas Harbour began shortly after, when Hudson’s Bay Company leased it as a trading post, in line with Canada’s High Arctic relocation plan, forcibly moved the Inuit near the Arctic. The impact of the traumatic consequences of forcibly taking people from homes and traditional hunting grounds and moving them to the impact of the government’s decisions that today the Inuits and other Aboriginal people have a strong impact on this.
Port Leopold
When we first arrived at Port Leopold, we could see a female polar bear and a cub on the shore, heralding a change in the plan.
Instead, we cruised near a new landing site on Somerset Island, surrounded by iconic cliffs and Arctic landscapes. In 1848, the British explorer James Clark Ross spent a winter here while searching for the missing Franklin expedition. Port Leopold was once the Hudson Bay Company trading post.
Change means we are able to visit the Tule archaeological site. This style of adventure travel gives us a sense of discovery. How many people are walking here? not much.
Will you travel to the Northwest Pass one day? sprinkle!
Thank you so much to Canada Adventure for hosting me in the Arctic – as always, I keep it real – all opinions are my own, just like you expect less from me!
