cliffs of Prince Leopold Island in Nunavut

Prince Leopold Island: Paddling Beneath a City of Seabirds

by Cory JonesArctic Canada, Canada, Expedition Ships, Nunavut, Nunavut, sea kayakingPosted on No Comments

Discover Prince Leopold Island in Nunavut, where hundreds of thousands of murres, fulmars, kittiwakes and guillemots breed on spectacular High Arctic cliffs.

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Beechey Island: Polar Bears, Franklin and Three Graves Beside the Sea

by Cory JonesA Useful Guide, Arctic Canada, Canada, NunavutPosted on No Comments

Beechey Island: Three graves beside a barren Arctic beach mark the place where the first men of Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition died. We visit Beechey Island and follow the extraordinary story of Erebus, Terror and the search for the Northwest Passage.

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