Ellesmere Island backpacking

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MikePapple

MikePapple

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Quittinirpaaq National Park backpacking, Tanquary Fiord (81.40 deg N), July 2018.
After camping at Roll Rock River (saw 3 muskox) we decided to hike 500 meters up to a ridge. A few flakes of snow, hail at top. Took some panos, Omega Lakes, Red Rock Glacier.
Olympus (EM1 mkII, 12-100 F4.0)
29mm 1/1000s f/8.0 ISO 200
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Rassie said:
Nice pictures of a very bleak place. Imagine living there.
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The Inuit have lived in the northern part, maybe 5,000 and 2,000 years ago. Currently there is an Inuit hamlet, Grise Fiord (pop 129) on the south coast.

Canada has a military base, Alert, on the northeast corner. You can see it in Google Earth. A gravel runway and 3 buildings -kitchen/dining, bunks, and another for storage (fuel barrels, snowplow etc.). Tanqary Camp and Alert are open from mid-May to Mid September.

It took 5 days to get there, from Montreal to Tanqary Camp, including 2 nights in Iqaluit. See route.

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