Dundas Harbour, Devon Island RCMP Huts

Dundas Harbour: Ghosts in the Fog on Devon Island

Dundas Harbour: Ghosts in the Fog on Devon Island. Under different circumstances it would have been ideal weather for getting ashore, launching the Zodiacs and exploring one of the most fascinating historic sites in the Canadian High Arctic. There was, however, one rather significant problem. Fog.

Sea kayakers beneath the glacier at Croker Bay on Devon Island in Nunavut

Croker Bay: Paddling Beneath the Glaciers of Devon Island

Croker Bay: Paddling Beneath the Glaciers of Devon Island

There are few things that make you feel smaller in a sea kayak than a glacier. Mountains can be enormous. Icebergs can dwarf you. Whales can surface alongside your kayak and make a five-metre boat suddenly seem ridiculously insignificant. But a glacier is different. A glacier is a landscape that moves.

Beechey island three lonley graves of franklin expediton

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

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.