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Qik to Pang Traverse of the Akshayuk Pass, August 2022
After 4 days delay in Iqaluit and 3 attempts to get to Qikiqtarjuaq, our plane finally lands in Qik on the 4th try. Our adventure begins!
Views from Qik airport, latitude 67°32′ N
Float suits required for the boat ride to the north end of the pass
The hike begins
Our first river crossing
Camping at June Valley
Polar bear tracks
Caribou antler
Camping in view of Mt Asgard, the flat top mountain featured in the opening scene of the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIkFX-qZaU
Unnamed lake in the Highway Glacier moraine
Stream crossing with Penny Ice Cap in the background
The Penny Ice Cap covers an area of 6000 km2 and is a remnant of the last ice age
The triangular mountain is Mt Thor, which features the largest vertical drop in the world at 4100 feet.
Enjoying lunch next to Mt Thor
Arctic hare
Schwarzenbach Falls
Crossing the Arctic Circle from north to south
The flags mark the end of the hike at the south end of the pass
Boat ride to Pangnirtung
View of the fiord from Pang harbour
Hudson's Bay Company buildings
We hiked the 98km Akshayuk Pass over 9.5 days on varied terrain: boggy tundra, steep moraines, sandy river beds, rocky climbs and many ice cold glacial river crossings.
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