By In the summer of 2024 I undertook a difficult solo canoe expedition that went deep into the Canadian tundra down the Thlewiaza River, from Nueltin Lake down to Hudson Bay.
Below is a day-by-day video journal from the 19 day trip. Videos are from the Essential Wilderness YouTube channel. Enjoy!
DAY 1
In which I drove for 30 hours, then flew for 2 hours in a 72-year-old bush plane to get to Nueltin Lake and the start of the trip….
DAY 2
In which I assemble my boat, and start heading north along the shore of Nueltin Lake, a large lake which straddles the Manitoba-Nunavut border and the treeline…
DAY 3
In which I played dodge-the-thunderstorm on one of the largest and most complicated lakes of the North…
DAY 4
In which I have an accident with a can of bear spray inside the tent and then a large bear wanders into camp while I’m windbound…
DAY 5
In which your man crosses the treeline, enters Nunavut, and arrives in some seriously isolated country…
The rest of this series will include wildlife encounters, whitewater, pack ice, mosquitos, and the total isolation that’s almost impossible to experience anywhere other than in the Arctic.
I promise the footage just gets better and better as future episodes come out.
Click here to check out the first video of my 19 day solo in the Arctic directly on Youtube.
Thanks so much!
Stephan Kesting
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