Baffin Island - Auyuittuq National Park - Akshayuk Pass
A group of four guys trek through the Akshayuk Pass in August, 2015.
Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island Backpacking
I made this movie with some video I shot while trekking through Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Canada
Baffin Island - Auyuittuq National Park
Crossing Baffing Island and Auyuittuq National Parc
Snowshoeing in one of the most isolated places of the world, sleeping in tents, temperature down to -38 degrees C, winds up to 80km/h.
Great landscapes and mountains (Thor, Asgard, Odin, Breidablik, and many unnamed), boreal aurores.
A great team and great guides!
Auyuittuq
July 2017 Auyuittuq traverse from Pangnirtung to Qikiqtarjuaq
Auyuittuq National Park
You haven't hiked until you've hiked to the Arctic Circle. Auyuittuq National Park from Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Auyuittuq National Park
A video on Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Auyuittuq National Park 2013 - HD1080p
Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Nunavut Canada. August 21-29 2013. This the the high resolution version of the Baffin 2013 movie. Best for computers with high speed internet.
Akshayuk Pass Traverse 2018
10 day family hike through Akshayuk Pass in Auyuittuq National Park, starting from Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung.
Auyuittuq National Park JPMC Consultations
An unauthorized record of community consultations on the Auyuittuq National Park Management Plan.
2010 Auyuittuq Getaway 1453
At the Rock Garden across from Windy Lake (my audio commentary is wrong again). First glimpse of Thor Peak!!!
It was hell to hike up there, but once we got there the view was spectacular. We set up camp for the night. Thor Peak is about 7 Km away from here.
Auyuittuq National Park
Between Qikiqtarjuaq and Pangnirtung
Remarkables: Auyuittuq National Park
Auyuittuq National Park - Inukpak Outfitting
Au milieu de la calotte glacière Penny, entrecoupée du nord au sud par le col d'Akshayuk, une immense vallée s'ouvre vers l'intérieur des terres. Au terme de deux jours de randonnée, surplombés par de hauts plateaux à l'aspect austères et dénudés, nous érigerons notre camp de base. C'est de ce point que vous partirez pour une randonnée légère qui vous mènera à l'un des plus impressionnants points de vue du parc, celui du Mont Thor. Chemin faisant, vous aurez la chance d'observer d'étranges et impressionnantes formations rocheuses, résultat des dernières glaciations, moraines, champ de blocs et bien d'autres. Au cours de cette randonnée de quatre jours, vos bottes fouleront tantôt un fond de gravier désertique, tantôt une toundra humide et riche en végétation, avec pour toile de fond des sommets acérés et des glaciers gigantesques. Tant d'images qui resteront gravées à jamais dans votre mémoire. À la sortie du parc Auyuittuq, un guide Inuit prendra charge de notre groupe pour une escapade en bateau pour découvrir Parc Historique de Kekerten. Cette île est en effet un endroit remarquable. Elle abrite une ancienne station baleinière qui connut son apogée dans les années 1870. Aujourd'hui, l'île de Kekerten conserve précieusement ses artéfacts. Cette visite guidée vous permettra de revivre une page d'histoire dont se souviennent encore certains aînés du hameau de Pangnirtung, la communauté la plus proche du Parc.
Set in the middle of the Penny Ice Cap, bisected from North to South by the Akshayuk pass, an immense valley open inland. After a two days hike surrounded by severe-looking, barren plateaus, we will set up base camp. From there, you will go on a day hike to one of the most spectacular lookouts of the park, at Mount Thor. On your way, you will have an opportunity to see impressive rock formations dating back to the last ice age, moraines, boulder fields, and much more. During this four days hike, your will tread over terrain ranging from arid gravel to humid, fertile tundra, with sharp peaks and a huge glacier in the backdrop. After leaving Auyuittuq Park, an Inuit guide will take our group on a boat ride to the remarkable Kekerten Historical Park. On this island, you will see replica of an old whaling station that would have been at its busiest in the 1870s. To this day, the artifacts on Kekerten Island are carefully preserved. This guided tour will take you through a part of history that is kept alive by a few elders in Pangnirtung, the hamlet close by. Memories like these are unlikely to fade away.
Auyuittuq National Park Hike July 2011 - PART 1
This is a live video blog of events encountered during our recent trip to Auyuittuq National Park, Nunavut, Canada.
This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Part 2 is also available on youtube.
Detailed blog available at: athmagyaan.blogspot.com
Akshayuk Pass Traverse
Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung
Akshayuk Pass - Auyuittuq National Park - Nunavut
Auyuittuq National Park
PLEASE WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY.
Doesn't look like July but it is.
Midnight in Auyuittuq National Park
Beautiful Akshayuk Pass July 2010. The mountains around me are over a mile high but with nothing for a sense of scale it's kind of weird.
Angmarlik Visitor Centre, Pangnirtung
A visit at the Angmarlik Visitor Centre, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada.
Baffin 2018
Deborah and I did a self-guided, self-supported expedition in Auyuittuq National Park in the Eastern Arctic of Canada (Baffin Island). This was our fourth Arctic expedition (including three from Pangnirtung and one from Clyde River, over a span of fifteen years). The trip began with a 1 1/2 hour ride in a Komatik (Qamutik) sled pulled by a snow machine to the head of the fjord and edge of the park. We hired Joave as our Inuit outfitter for that, and made arrangements for him to pick us up in the same place eleven days later. We pulled 120 kg of gear between the two of us, including 19 kg of food and 3 1/2 litres of fuel. We also had ropes, harnesses, and ice axes since we hoped to traverse some of the glaciers (as we did on previous trips). Unfortunately, conditions this time where much more severe. Night time temperatures were -35C, day time temperatures were -15C at best and the winds were relentless. We still managed to average about 10 km per day, but not even half the pace of our 2007 trip. We each had two sleeping pads, an inner and outer sleeping bag, and down booties, so we were warm, but by the end, Deborah had baseball-sized lumps of frozen down in her outer sleeping bag (from pulling the bag over her face). We met three other parties along the way: a supported group (accompanied by an Inuit outfitter with a snow machine and Qamutik to carry gear) guided by Blackfeather; another supported group of eleven from the US, Britain and Canada; and Jim Baird and his dog Buck, unsupported and self-guided, walking 240 km from Kik to Pang over (I think) 20 days, all into the wind. Deborah and I really enjoyed the trip because, in spite of the wind and cold, we had mostly clear skies and great views. We were delayed leaving Pang by four days due to weather (... the airport has a gravel runway, no control tower and no instrument landing). But we even enjoyed that, skiing up Mt. Duval from town and getting the best turns of the trip!