Sun above Arctic mountains at Duart Bay on Baffin Island, Nunavut

Duart Bay: Sea Kayaking into a Scottish Corner of Baffin Island

by Cory JonesArctic, Arctic Canada, Expedition Ships, NunavutPosted on No Comments

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.

View over King Edwards Point from Hope Point South Georgia

The Lewisman Who Never Left The Ice | Thomas F. MacLeod

by mandyerushAntarctic History & Heritage, Antartica, Scottish Explorers, Shackleton & the Heroic Age, South Georgia & the South Sandwich IslandsPosted on No Comments

The Lewisman Who Never Left the Ice | Thomas F. MacLeod tells the remarkable story of a Stornoway sailor who served with both Scott and Shackleton, helped build the Hope Point cairn on South Georgia, and left a hidden message within its stones.