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Napau, an Inuit sled dog, shows her excitement to start pulling the New Land 2013 Expedition's sleds. (Photo courtesy of New Land 2013)
The New Land 2013 expedition is following the route of Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup across Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. This blog was written by John Huston.
When we set out on this trip, we knew the dogs would help, but we didn’t know how much. And the answer is: in these ski conditions, they help big time.
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John Huston plays with Elle, an Inuit sled dog, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Photo courtesy of New Land 2013)
The New Land 2013 expedition, following the route of Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup across Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, is into its third week. This blog was written by John Huston.
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It was supposed to be a resupply day where a twin otter airplane chartered by us would land with our resupply, and then continue north to Eureka to drop the rest of our supplies there. But we had a white-out this morning, which means low clouds descended into our camp and we couldn’t see a darn ...
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If you want to tackle a multi-day hike in Canada, you’ll be carrying in food, a camp stove and cleaning supplies on top of clothing, tents and sleeping bags. No one loves our national parks’ scenery more than I do, but all that gear can weigh you down, and if you’re walking with kids, you end up carrying even more weight. So when I decided to tackle a week’s worth of walking with a seven year old in tow, I opted not for BC’s West Coast Trail or New Brunswick’s Fundy Circuit, but for Scotland’s Fife ...
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For wildlife photography pros shooting Nikon, the company’s 70-200 mm, F2.8 lens has long been an essential part of the kit. In my work as a Canadian Geographic editor, I’ve often admired the crispness and saturation that our photographers are able to produce with this lens, and its range of focal lengths is just about perfect for shooting wildlife at relatively close range.
The catch: a whopping $2,399 price tag.
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Photographer Rob Stimpson captures the craggy mountain slopes on Elephant Island, South Shetlands Islands. Click on the image to see more of Rob Stimpson's photos.
Elephant Island fills my camera’s viewfinder — the legendary island reaches up to the sky with its dark precipitous mountains. An eternity of snow and ice clings to what seems like impossible angles. We scan the shore looking for Point Wylde — the spit of a beach where Shackleton’s men spent five months waiting to be rescued. Hope was their only salvation; could Shackleton, a.k.a. the Boss, reach South Georgia and come back for them? I have just sailed from South Georgia on a 300 ft expedition ship ...
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