Qikiqtarjuaq: Gateway to the Wild Mountains of Baffin Island
Qikiqtarjuaq: Gateway to the Wild Mountains of Baffin Island
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Isabella Bay: In the Realm of the Bowhead Whale
Isabella Bay: In the Realm of the Bowhead Whale
We never entered Isabella Bay. Instead, our expedition ship cruised past the entrance, looking into a huge sweep of Arctic coastline on the northeastern side of Baffin Island. There was no sea kayaking here and no close approach into the bay itself, and there was a very good reason for that.
Duart Bay: Sea Kayaking into a Scottish Corner of Baffin Island
Duart Bay: Sea Kayaking into a Scottish Corner of Baffin Island. There are famous places in the Canadian Arctic – names such as Beechey Island, Lancaster Sound and Pond Inlet that appear repeatedly in books about exploration, wildlife and the search for the Northwest Passage. And then there are places that barely appear on a conventional map. Duart Bay, tucked away in Dexterity Fiord on the spectacular eastern coast of Baffin Island, is one of them.
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