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Adventure Canada14 Front St. S., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5H 2C4 | 1-800-363-7566

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2011 Canada and the North Cover photo Andrew Stewart, 2009

Dear Adventurers,

In our life we often surprise ourselves. We set out on adventures, pursue passions, challenge boundaries, aim for the sky and itchanges our life. ravel is the great game-changer here, in every sense travel can help expand your horizons. It can broaden not onlyour understanding of the world around us - it can change the way we see ourselves, and other people. It can reinvigorate the soul.Here at Adventure Canada we see it happening all the time, and were proud of the impact our voyages have, every year, on our guests.

In 2011, we at Adventure Canada are delighted to present a series of outstanding voyages. Every single one will not only bring youto places of beauty and importance, but will connect you to them. Trough the summer season we have the great thrill of exploringthe mighty North Atlantic. Well range all the way from the cities of Scotland through the Outer Hebrides, north around the ancientsettlements of Orkney and Shetland, and end up in St. Andrews, where well help the University celebrate its 600th anniversary. Tentheres unforgettable Iceland, and beyond lies the worlds largest Island, Greenland, where well watch giant icebergs calve. FurtherWest, in the Canadian Arctic, or in rugged Labrador or music-lled Newfoundland, were on home ground, with expeditions thattake us from Inuit art centres like Ban Islands Kinngait (Cape Dorset) all the way to Te Northwest Passage.

Our itineraries are thoughtfully designed to include areas of exceptional splendour, optimal wildlife viewing and historical

signicance. Our teams of experts geologists, botanists, biologists, anthropologists and historians, as well as artists in words, music,painting and more are there to make sure that well all learn a lot, gaining insight into both the natural and the cultural landscape.Everywhere we go, we make a point of mingling with the local people, since we know that learning, fun and interaction are the greatjoys of travel. On our cruises were committed to providing ample opportunities for each of these elements, and much more. Whenyou return home, your friends will be amazed by the memories that youve stored up, in one short cruise.

For nearly a quarter of a century weve been exploring special places. Weve enjoyed sharing them, and the local people we have meton our journeys of discovery, with our guests .Wed like to thank all of our guests for their endless appetite for discovery, learning andfun. As you continue to pursue your own adventures in life we hope that you will think of us. Let us broaden your horizons. Give us atry!

Yours in adventure,

Cedar Bradley-SwanVice-President, Adventure Canada

Winner of the 2008 Hilton Canada

Business of the Year Award - Multiple Unit Winner of the Cruise Vision Award

Since 1988

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Celtic Quest: A Voyage Troughthe Scottish Isles


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Into the Northwest Passage

Out of the Northwest Passage

Heart of the Arctic

Greenland & Wild Labrador

Iceland & Greenland

Newfoundland Circumnavigation

Adventure Canada specializes in soft adventure programs, where you can experience the best of the natural world while enjoying thecomforts of a friendly hotel. Our program features outdoor activities such as walking, wildlife viewing and Zodiac cruising in additionto a full lecture and entertainment schedule onboard our ship. Every day we oer a combination of lively shipboard activities andinteresting shore excursions. Our guests choose what elements of the program they want to participate in, with nothing compulsory. Itsup to you!

How t do you need to be? Our excursions onshore will involve a relatively low level of exertion, but you will need a reasonable level ofmobility. For example,you will need to climb into and out of Zodiacs (assistance is provided) for excursions onshore, and some of ourlandings will be wet, requiring waterproof boots. All of our participants must complete a medical form veried by their physician. Onceyou have left the Zodiac, youll nd that we have designed our shore excursions to accommodate both those who wish to enjoy gentlestrolls and those who prefer more active hikes. A few of the excursions may involve rough terrain, with rocky beaches leading to steep or

rocky or marshy ground.In the seasons we travel, temperatures will vary, according to our altitude on land, or our ships position at sea. Itineraries are subject tochange, and landings may depend on tides or weather, so, as with all outdoor activities, a exible approach works best.

When you register we will provide you with a complete list of recommended clothing, essentials to bring, and a suggested reading list.You will also receive a detailed booklet to help prepare you for your adventure. It includes information on the ship and a brief history ofyour destination, along with news about its people, its landscape, its wildlife, and its distinctive culture.

Meals in the ships dining room are a great opportunity to meet new friends and to plan or recount the days adventures, and special dietscan be accommodated with advance notice. Many of our guests form life-long friendships, and we are delighted to nd that reunionevents often involve people travelling great distances to renew these important ties.

We know, of course, that everyone travels for dierent reasons. Over the years, however, we have found one common element amongthe guests who choose to travel with us a thirst for knowledge and authentic experience. Knowing this drives us to ensure the highestquality learning experience on our trips, by taking the time to design in careful detail each trip we oer.

Table of ContentsCeltic Quest: Voyage through the Scottish Isles 6

Te Canadian-Scottish Connection 11Gardens Great & Small: Pre-tour 13Iceland & Greenland 14Four Billion Years of Earth History 19

Into the Northwest Passage 20 Walking in Ancient Footsteps 25Out of the Northwest Passage 26Heart of the Arctic 30Some Toughts on Inuit Art 35Greenland & Wild Labrador 38

Te Land God Gave to Cain 43About theArts Float 45Newfoundland Circumnavigation 46Exploring Rural Newfoundland 51

Art on the Rock with Kevin Major 52Te Clipper Adventurer 53Te Ocean Nova 54Te Clipper Odyssey 55 Te rans-Siberian Express 56

Explore Eastern Newfoundland 58Newfoundland Close-Up 59British Columbias Coast Mountains 60Haida Gwaii: Te Queen Charlotte Islands 61Pond Inlet: Floe Edge 622011 Rates 642012 Rates 65Coming Attractions 66Registration Form 67

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Celtic Quest: A Voyage Through the Scottish IslesMay 31- June 10, 2011aboard the Clipper Odyssey

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Scotlands western and northern isles oer a rich supply of culture, heritage andnatural history. In medieval times an already archaic society in the Hebrides evolvedinto the Lordship of the Isles, a sea-kingdom blending Gael and Viking under the

powerful domination of Clan Donald. In the north, Orkney and Shetland were weldedinto a formidable Scandinavian earldom, and were in fact held by the kings of Norway.Te naturally-occurring slabs of at stone and the shortage of wood for buildings meanthat both island groups today preserve some of the oldest monuments in Europe, datingback to the Stone Age. Te miraculously preserved buildings of Orkneys Skara Brae themost complete Neolithic settlement in Europe featuring superbly preserved domesticinteriors with stone cupboards, dressers and box beds, cooking utensils and jewellery-like beads (according to Rosemary Goring in Scotland: Te Autobiography) provide aPompeii-like intimate visit to the past. oday both islands exploit the latest computer

technologies to place them at the forefront of modern developments, and the distinctive jewellery ofOrkney is justly famous, like the traditional Harris tweed of the outer Hebrides.

Kinship and community are two of the constants in this story; Gaelic-speaking clans retained theirindependence despite acknowledging the Lords of the Isles, while free Norse landholders battled theforces of feudalism in the Northern Isles. As our ship,Clipper Odyssey, winds its way through the westernisles and the Pentland Firth to Orkney and Shetland, history will illuminate the present, while tradition

will enhance our understanding of the past. An ever-present part of that past will be the tides of historythat swept so many thousands of people from these islands to the shores of Canada, from the days that TeHector in 1773 brought the rst Highland settlers to Nova Scotia. oday, more than 4 million Canadiansboast of their Scottish descent, and the names of the people we encounter will be very familiar to studentsof Canadian leaders.

On our cruise, the abundant bird and mammal population of the area will be observed, studied and surelyenjoyed. June is an ideal month to visit Scotland in search of birds. With breeding well under way, watcherswill be rewarded with excellent opportunities to see new types of birds. Photographers will have time tofocus their attentions on improving technique, and will enjoy learning in small group tutorials. Island folkhave always been extremely conscious of the natural environment, as the riches of the sea have sustainedthem for many centuries. Well experience a bit of island life, too, with music and laughter in communityhalls and local pubs.

After sailing down the east coast of the Scottish mainland, a highlight of our program will surely be ourvisit to the University of St. Andrews, which will be celebrating the 600th anniversary of its foundation in1410-12. As the ruins of the massive Cathedral show, St. Andrews was the seat of the greatest bishopricin Scotland and a natural location for a centre for learning, a role that has continued with distinctiondown through the centuries. Te recent engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton, who met asstudents at St. Andrews, has led the mischievous University to proclaim itself Britains leading match-making University. We will have a chance to test this claim as we make a behind the scenes visit to the

University. Tis charming little mediaeval town on the Fife coast is also known to golfers around the world,and arrangements can be made (with plenty of notice, as described elsewhere) to help golfers full theirdreams.

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Our Intended Itinerary Relish single malts on the distillery isles of

Islay and Jura Explore St. Kilda, an island community ve

hours west of the outer Hebrides, abandonedby the last 38 inhabitants in 1930 : very fewpeople ever get to go there!

Experience island life on Foula and PapaStour in the Shetlands

Marvel at the largest collection of prehistoricmegalithic structures in western Europe

Glory in the spring wildowers and theabundant birdlife throughout the western andnorthern islands

Climb Mousa broch, a stone age forticationalmost perfectly intact on the Shetlands

Visit the Highlands, followed by a trip to theold Arctic whaling city of Dundee

Celebrate St. Andrews Universitys 600thanniversary, and stroll the streets of the old

grey medieval town Finally, marvel at Edinburgh, where you maywish to extend your tour

Highlights

Tis trip was nothing short of magical.

Te way to see the Scottish Isles is by

ship. Te landscapes, the special light,

the island communities, the birds...it was

almost overwhelming. .

-Jean, Celtic Quest 2007

Day 1: Glasgow, Loch Lomond & Oban

Day 2: Islay & Jura

Day 3: Staa, Iona & LungaDay 4: Mingulay & Barra

Day 5: St. KildaDay 6: Orkney Islands

Day 7: Foula & Papa Stour

Day 8: Mousa & Fair IsleDay 9: Stonehaven & AberdeenshireDay 10: Dundee & St. Andrews

Day 11: Edinburgh

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Celtic Quest: Resource Sta Tis is just a sampling of the outstanding sta on this voyage.Please visit our website for a full list of sta members.

Matthew Swan, Ian amblyn, Mike Beedell, Aaron Russ and others will also be on this voyage, nd their biographies within this brochure or online.

Educated at EdinburghUniversity, ed taught for13 years in the Scottish

History Departmentthere. In 1979, he becameProfessor of History andChair of Scottish Studiesat the University ofGuelph, Ontario, returningto Scotland in 1993 asProfessor of ScottishHistory and Literature atthe University of Glasgow.He has written several

books, and is interestedin the Vikings, medievalScotland, the Covenants,Scottish Popular Cultureand Scottish Emigration.ed has a keen interest inArctic Canadas explorationera. ed lives across froma pub in New Gallowayoutside Dumfries in theScottish borders.

Graeme who is the author offour novels and the recentlypublished Bedside Book ofBeasts, is currently jointHonourary President, withMargaret Atwood, of BirdLifeInternationals Rare BirdClub. For almost ten years(in the guise of Te GreatAuk), Graeme organized,and frequently led, birdingtrips to Cuba and Ecuador. Along time conservationist hehas been a council member

of WWF-Canada and iscurrently Chairman of thePelee Island Bird Observatory.Graeme was an initialorganizer and a foundingmember of the Writers Unionof Canada and has beenpresident of the CanadianCentre of International PEN.He was appointed a Memberof the Order of Canada in

1992. He lives with writerMargaret Atwood in oronto.

Lizanne has a B.A. in Historyand Fine Art, from theUniversity of Guelph, ON,

and an M.A. in Folklore, fromMemorial University, NL.She completed her PhD atthe University of Strathclyde,Glasgow. Currently, she runsthe history program at theUniversity of Glasgow. Oneof her main research areas isthe Scottish diaspora in NorthAmerica, Australasia, Africaand the Caribbean. Her booksinclude Scottish Fairy Belief:A History, editor ofFantasticalImaginations: Te Supernaturalin Scottish History and Cultureand co-editor ofA Historyof Everyday Life in MedievalScotland. She is currently editingTe Routledge Companion toBritish and Irish Folklore(2013),and writing a monographWitchcraft and Witch Belief at theDawn of Enlightenment: Scotland

c. 1670-1740. She has beenworking on expedition ships forfteen years.

Brent was born in NewZealand and has been abirder since childhood. In

2005 he completed a Ph.D.,studying the breeding biologyof Australasian gannets inNew Zealand. In 2003, herediscovered the extinctNew Zealand storm-petrel,a bird known only fromthree museum specimenscollected during the 1800s.

With support from NationalGeographic, he has been

leading a team conductingfurther research on thisenigmatic seabird. His passionfor travel, birds, and the oceanhas led him to many cornersof the world working on smallexpedition ships. Its a tough

job, but somebody has to doit! His passion and knack for

wildlife photography has ledto increasing publication ofphotos and articles in books

and magazines, both withinNew Zealand and overseas.

Nicknamed Father Goose,Bill is a world renownedartist. His works include

award-winning lms andnumerous works of publicart, a self designed energyecient earth integrateddome home and a best sellingautobiography. He was apioneer in microlight aviationand is the rst human toy with, and lead birds inthe air with an aircraft. Hepioneered the use of aircraft

in establishing new migrationroutes for endangeredspecies of birds. His workhas been documentednumerous times, includingthe feature lm, Fly AwayHome. He is the recipient ofthe Te Canadian GovernorGenerals Meritorious ServiceMedal and the US NationalWildlife Federation 2002

Conservation award.

Bill LishmanSpecial Guest

Doug was born and raisedin Scotland, where he wentto the University of St.

Andrews. Besides having agreat time there, he boxedfor the Scottish Universitiesteam (it won, he lost) becamePresident of the StudentsUnion, and won a scholarshipto Yale. He came to Canadain 1967, and became a bookeditor and publisher. As thePublisher at McClelland &Stewart for many years, he

worked closely with authorssuch as Pierre rudeau, AliceMunro, James Houston,Robertson Davies, andAlistair MacLeod. He wasthe rst Canadian withhis own editorial imprint,Douglas Gibson Books, and has

won every industry awardfrom Editor of the Year toPublisher of the Year. In 2011his memoirs of publishing so

many of our countrys leadingauthors, entitled Stories AboutStorytellers, will appear.

Douglas GibsonPublisher

ed CowanHistorian

Graeme GibsonAuthor

Lizanne HendersonHistorian & Folklorist

Brent StephensonOrnithologist

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I had to write to tell you about how

special it was to travel with that amazing

group of Adventure Canada resourcepeople. Te knowledge, sense of humour

and approachability of your team bumped

the trip up to a whole new level. Well

done again!

-Betty, Celtic Quest 2007

Michelle Valberg, 2009

Daniel J. Catt, 2009

Matthew Swan

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The Canadian-Scottish ConnectionAs you might expect from its title, my book How Te Scots Invented Canadafocuses mainly on Canada. But while preparing to write it, I felt the need todo research in Scotland partly to understand those Scottish inventors andwhere they came from, and partly, lets be honest, for the fun of it. With mywife, Sheena Fraser McGoogan, I devoted ten weeks to two separate roadtrips. We visited Robbie Burns Country and sat in the poets old favouritechair. We poked around Abbotsford, the fantastical house that Sir WalterScott (the man who invented the historical novel) built in the Borders. InSt. Andrews, we explored the ruins of the cathedral in which the preacherJohn Knox made his rst stand.

But mostly we explored more direct connections. In the Ettrick Valley, wevisited the graves of the ancestors of Alice Munro. North of Inverness, wedrove down a dirt road to the ancestral cairn of John A. MacDonald, a cairnbuilt of the stones salvaged from the croft of his grandfather. In Avoch,on Black Isle, we admired the walled memorial that honours AlexanderMackenzie, the rst explorer to travel overland (and by river) from theAtlantic to the Pacic Ocean.

In my book, I summarize the road trips in a prologue. But I gloss over two key moments. Te rst came when westood in the wind at the Mull of Kintyre in the south of Scotland. We had arrived in a morning fog, but as westood gazing over the water, the fog lifted and, sure enough, we could see it, not twenty kilometres away: the northcoast of Ireland. We could almost touch it.

Te second moment occurred on that coast. Having deked over to Ireland, we were staying at a B&B just outsideBallycastle. One evening, we chased a rugged, cliside path along the rocky coast until, as promised, we came tothe ruins of a magnicent castle. I found myself wondering: why would anyone build such a glorious edice in alocation so hard to reach? o the north, looking out across the water, we could see Scotland: not just Kintyre butIslay and a few other islands.

Ten it struck me: this castle, almost inaccessible by land, could easily be approached by sea. It belonged to amaritime world in which it overlooked a bustling thoroughfare. For hundreds of years, people had explored thiswater-world by boat. Tey had sailed regularly between northern Ireland and Scotland, and south to Dublin and

beyond, and north to the islands of St. Kilda, Orkney and Shetland. And at that point I realized that I wouldnever appreciate the Scotland of my ancestors unless I experienced the world the way they did. I would have toexplore that world by boat. And if, to some, that rationale seemed inadequate, I would make no apologies: I wouldsail the Scottish Isles for the fun of it.

Ken McGoogan is the author ofan Arctic Discovery Quartet ofbiographical narratives: Fatal Passage,

Ancient Mariner, Lady FranklinsRevenge, and Race to the PolarSea. Hailed as one of the nestcontemporary Canadian writers ofArctic exploration history, Ken haswon the Writers rust of CanadaBiography Prize, the Canadian AuthorsAssociation History Award, the UBCMedal for Canadian Biography, and thePierre Berton Award for History. Hehas chased the ghost of Lady Franklin

around asmania, lugged a memorialplaque honoring John Rae into theHigh Arctic, and made a cameoappearance in the BBC docudramabased on his bookFatal Passage. Hewrites a column for Canadas Historymagazine, serves as chair of the PublicLending Right Commission, sails asa resource historian with AdventureCanada and is a fellow of the Royal

Canadian Geographical Society.

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Whats Different about this Sailing

In 2011 we are delighted once again to partner with the award-winning magazine TeWalrus. Te Walrus is published by the charitable, non-prot Walrus Foundation, which isdedicated to debate on matters vital to Canadians. Te magazine winner of more awardsin its seven years of publication than any other Canadian title is the principal means by

which the foundation achieves its mandate, supporting Canadian writers, artists, ideas, andconversations.

Along with publishing Te Walrus, Te Walrus Foundation strives to take the content of themagazine o the page and bring it to life, creating a public square for debate and discussionand an opportunity for Canadians to continue the conversations started by the pieces in themagazine.

Trough its partnership with Adventure Canada, Te Walrus Foundation has created a oating forum of itsengaged, curious, intelligent, spirited friendsand this is your chance to become a Friend of Te Walrus,

just by coming aboard! Youll receive a years subscription to Te Walrus, and other Walrus-y treats onboard.And youll have a walrus of a time with celebrated authors Margaret Atwood, Graeme Gibson and KenMcGoogan.

With the help of Te Walrus Foundation, our joint Celtic Quest: A Voyage Trough Te Scottish Isles programwill feature special guests, smart talk, and a Walrus Foundation Embarkation package. Dont miss this uniqueoating salon!

In the meantime, why not give Te Walrus a try? Visit www.walrusmagazine.com/bestdeal for a free trial issue,and start enjoying one of Canadas top magazines.

About Our Partnership with The Walrus Foundation

Visit www.walrusmagazine.com/bestdeal for a free issue

Margaret AtwoodAuthor

Margaret Atwood is keen birder,

ardent conservationist and one ofCanadas most celebrated authors.Troughout her thirty years ofwriting, Margaret Atwood hasreceived numerous awards andseveral honorary degrees andcurrently serves as joint presidentof the Rare Bird Club. She is theauthor of more than thirty-vevolumes of poetry, ction, and

nonction and is perhaps bestknown for her novels. Te BlindAssassin, won the 2000 BookerPrize, and in April 2003, hereleventh novel, the Man BookerPrize nominated Oryx and Crakewas released to great acclaim. Herlatest book is Te Year of the Flood.Visit www.theyearoftheood.com.

Margaret will be joining us on

our Celtic Quest&Out of theNorthwest Passage.

Matthew Swan, 2007

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Our focus is on the beauty, creativity, learning and fun inherent to gardens great and small in this Scottish Isles Pre-trip.Here we bring together our love of gardens, our ancient human relationships with plants, and the contemporary challengesof conserving this threatened part of our global biological heritage.

Te exploration begins at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London widely considered the worlds premier botanicgarden which has developed through centuries of scientic and cultural evolution. Now a UNESCO World HeritageSite, the Kew Gardens encompass 300 acres of stunning themed gardens and collections. Kew illustrates key periods ingarden design from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and is recognized as a global center of excellence in the study ofplant diversity and economic botany.

Our Pre-trip program moves around the city of London and the countryside of England to include the RoyalHorticultural Society Gardens at Wisley, the Chelsea Flower Show and Chelsea Physic Garden. Of special interest in ourexplorations this year will be the gardens at Sissinghurst, Kent. Te Garden of England, will enhance our understandingand appreciation for the magic of gardens, and their impact on our lives.

Your hosts and guides are delighted to bring several unique elements and personal contacts in this program. Gardens Greatand Small is a botanical adventure like no other, which we trust will inspire, inform and entertain you for years to come.

Cost: $2,995Single supplement available upon request

Max: 16 adventurers

Tour cost includes: Most meals Accommodations Admissions & entry fees Ground transportation from

morning day 1 to morning day 5 Services of Guide

Tour cost does not include: All ights (from your home to

London, London to Glasgow,Edinburgh to home)

Insurance Gratuities Independent meals

Items of a personal nature

Fitness Level: Easy

Gardens Great & Small May 26 - 30, 2011

Golng St. AndrewsLike to try your hand at a round of Golf in St. Andrews following your Voyage Trough the Scottish Isles? Wehave some green fee and accommodation options that may assist you in doing just that. Contact our oce fordetails about this and other golng opportunities.

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Iceland & GreenlandAugust 7 - 18, 2011aboard the Clipper Adventurer

AndrewStewart,2009

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Journey with us to the land of re & ice! Well travel in the path of theVikings who arrived in Iceland more than 1,100 years ago as we makeour way from Iceland to Greenland. Much of Iceland is still taking

shape before your very eyes raw, dramatic landscapes born of volcaniceruptions and the merciless scour of glaciers. odays inhabitants proudlyspeak the ancient language of the Vikings but are trendsetters in modernculture, most notably in music and art, and are famous for their almostuniversal level of literacy. Well explore Icelands capital, Reykjavik, beforemaking our way to the Westman Islands where we will nd ourselvessurrounded by mountains, volcanoes and seabirds.

After crossing the Denmark Strait, we arrive on the shores of Greenland.

East Greenland is one of the most isolated parts of the world, with over2,600 kilometres of coastline and very few people. Situated between the

polar sea ice and the Greenlandic Icecap, this region is primarily accessibleby ship. We begin our journey at Angmagsalik,at the very heart of EastGreenland, and one of the most beautiful and unspoiled areas in the Arctic.

It will become evident as we sail towards the tip of Southern Greenland,that Greenland has earned its name the region is lled with shades ofgreen. Southern Greenland has a well-developed farming industry, withextensive grazing pastures for sheep and horses. As we sail along the ordswe may see isolated sheep farms, many accessible only by boat, dottedalong the coastline. Here we will seek out ruins from the Norse settlers as

we wind our way through the dramatic ords.

Our journey from Eastern to Western Greenland will highlight the manycontrasts found throughout this vast Arctic island: from the traditions ofthe Inuit and the impacts of modernity, from barren landscapes of blueand gray to the lush greens of fertile farms and owering plains, to ice-lled ords, glaciers and mineral-rich mountain vistas. Troughout the tripwell explore a region with breath-taking landscapes, majestic wilderness,cold ice, and warm-hearted people.

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Day 1: Reykjavik

Day 2: Westman Islands

Day 3: At Sea

Day 4: Angmagsalik

Our Intended Itinerary

Seek out Puns at the Westman Islands Visit the one of the smallest capitals in

the world, Nuuk (pop 15,000) Spend two days in stunning Prince

Christian Sound, Greenlands largesouthern inland waterway

Explore the unique Arctic ora ofAngmagsalik

Seek out sperm, humpback, minke andsei Whales as we cross the icy DenmarkStrait

Walk through the best preserved Norsestone church in Greenland at Hvalso

A new exhibit of the Greenland

Mummies at the National Museum inNuuk

Highlights

Dennis Minty

I was expecting the ice bergs, but

I was not expecting such a rich

cultural experience. I particularly

enjoyed the resource sta. Tey were

knowledgeable, always helpful, and

fun!

-Bob, High Arctic 2008

Our southbound charter ight returns to oronto, priced at $958. Group ghts will be available for the northbound leg. Please call us for details.

Day 5 & 6: Prince Christian Sound

Day 7: Sydproven

Day 8: Hvalso

Day 9: Qaqortuk

Day 10: Ivittuut

Day 11: Nuuk

Day 12: Kangerlussuaq

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Iceland & Greenland: Resource Sta Tis is just a sampling of the outstanding sta on this voyage.Please visit our website for a full list of sta members.

Callum Tompson, Jerry Kobalenko, Julia Szucs, ed Cowan, Aaju Peter and others will also be on this voyage, nd their biographies within this brochure or online.

Jack has spent a lifetimepursuing a passion for

nature, both professionallyand at leisure. Aftermore than 30 years as aprofessor of environmentalstudies, his commitmentto conservation andeducation remainstrong. A well-roundednaturalist, Jack has anextensive knowledge ofplants and animals, and

the ecological principlesthat bind them. Ascomfortable in the eldas in the classroom, hisability to interpret thebig picture in a relaxedand humorous style issure to entertain as well aseducate. In 1978 he beganhis explorations of theeastern and western Arcticand rst joined Adventure

Canadas resource team in1994.

Jack SeigelNaturalist

James studied at QueensUniversity and holds a

doctorate in cultural geographybased on cross-cultural Arcticresearch. James has been anexpedition leader, writer, andconsultant for organizationsincluding Te CanadianCanoe Museum. Winner ofthe Queens Jubilee Medal(2000) and the Camsell Medal(2009), he is a Fellow andpast Governor of the RoyalCanadian Geographical Society,

past Chair of Te ArcticInstitute of North Americaand a Fellow International ofthe Explorers Club. Author/editor of 15 books including,Emperor of the North, his writingand photography have beenpublished by publicationsincluding CanadianGeographic and NationalGeographic. His next book,on the future of the Arctic, is

taking him around the world atthe Arctic Circle in 2010-2011.

James RaanAuthor & Adventurer

Jane has worked as lecturer,zodiac driver and cruise

director on expeditionships around the Arctic forthe past ten years. Untilrecently she was professorof Inuit and native art andculture at the Universityof Calgary, and is a formercurator for the Glenbow,Newfoundland and RedDeer College Museums.She is a Research Associate

and was appointed a LifeMember with the ArcticInstitute of North America.

With husband Callumshe operates a consultingbusiness in the eld ofenvironmental and heritageconservation, interpretationand planning and has hada key role in planningnew heritage and tourismfacilities throughout

Canada.

Jane Sproull-TompsonCultural Historian

Steve has been involved in20 seasons of eld research in

the Arctic, primarily studyingseabirds. Over the past twodecades Steve has led morethan fty journeys in the HighArctic. In 2004 he was Directorof Operations forAbandonedin the Arctica documentarylm project that retraced a500km historic retreat routeof Adolphus Greely at 82North on Ellesmere Island.An accomplished landscape

and nature photographer,Steves photographs have beenpublished in Natural History,Outside, National Geographicand National GeographicAdventure magazines. He is theco-founder of the Canmore,Alberta-based independent lmproduction company, MeltwaterMedia. He recently co-produced and co-directedArcticClihangers, an award-winning

one-hour documentary onArctic seabirds.

Steve SmithNaturalist

Gunna is an environmentalscientist working as aNature Reserve Ocerin the National ParkSnfellsjkull in Iceland.She has a broad spectrumof work experience inthe environmental andagricultural elds, andhas worked for the SoilConservation Service,Forestry Service and the

Nature ConservationCouncil in Iceland.She has also taken onjobs in other areas, asa horse breeding judge, web developer, storemanager, and has workedin theatre and music.Her hobbies includesinging and songwriting,photographing and wool

art.

Gunna PlmadttirEnvironmental Scientist

Danny is a internationallypublished photographer and

biologist, with over 25 years ofexperience in environmentaleducation. He completedstudies in wildlife ecologyand worked in the CanadianRockies for Parks Canada.He carried out post graduatestudies in East Africa andalso taught in Asia for theCanadian InternationalDevelopment Agency beforeshifting to teaching at the

post-secondary level. Dannyhas travelled the world, andleads a number of AdventureCanadas natural history andphotography trips. His imageshave appeared in publicationsall over the world includingthe Globe & Mail, Macleansand IME. When not seekingadventures in exotic places,Danny is a faculty memberin the Fish, Wildlife and

Recreation program at theBritish Columbia Institute ofechnology.

Danny CattPhotographer

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It is very hard to say that anything was less

than excellent, the Clipper Adventurerand her

crew, Adventure Canada sta, Resource sta,food, adventures, guests were all second to

none. We had the best vacation ever!

-Randolph, Arctic Quest 2010


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And not a day less.

From the Beaufort Sea to the south-eastern shore of Iceland, the Arcticsgeological past is not only remarkably rich and turbulent, but it is unique

on this planet. No other place on Earth can claim the full planetary rockrecord as documented in the Arctic, with the polar record includingthe oldest rocks in the world ranging in age between 3.8 and 4.03billion years old, with the age of the Earth being only a bit more, at 4.55billion years. Its a unique rock record that includes some of the earliesttraces of life itself, specically circular, dinner plate-size mounds calledstromatolites (see inset eld photograph from Port Epworth, Nunavut)formed by bacterial colonies of blue-green algae once living at the bottomof shallow warm equatorial seas, and now to be found, dated at 2.9 billionyears old, in Arctic Canada.

Its a unique geological record that includes planet Earths rstHimalayan-scale mountain belt with the ancient, now eroded mountainsextending beneath Hudson Bay, through northern Quebec and southernBan Island into West Greenland. Tese mountains formed 1.8 billionyears ago with the collision of two ancient continents, Ontario & Quebecs

landmass colliding with that of Nunavut, the NW, and Greenland. Te resulting ranges were similar in every way(height, length, and width) to the modern Himalayas of south-central Asia.

At the young end of the geological time scale, the unique Arctic record includes the most compelling evidence for what

is known as the Little Ice Age, a period of long, cold winters, and short, cool summers that characterized the climate ofthe northern hemisphere from the late 14th Century to the end of the 19th Century. Inconveniently, the Little Ice Agewas also the historical period when polar explorers ventured into Arctic Canada, beginning with Sir Martin Frobisherand continuing with Sir John Franklin, Sir John Ross, and Sir Robert McClure, among many others. (Geologicallyspeaking, this was denitely a case of not checking the weather prior to departure!)

Four billion years of Earth history, full of violent volcanic eruptions, great oods that would have impressed Noah (therewere several), colliding continents, and wandering supercontinents, yet with life persisting through most of it, somehow.Te rock record is a gripping tale open to those who learn its alphabet, then study it closely. Like any really good book, itleaves those who peruse it totally awe-struck.

-Marc St-Onge, Geologist

Marc is an internationallydistinguished researcher and lecturer

who studies how the Arctic regionhas evolved. He is a Senior ResearchScientist at the Geological Surveyof Canada, Senior Research Fellowat Oxford University (UK), AdjunctProfessor at Queens University,and Fellow of the Royal CanadianGeographical Society. Marc hasled seven multi-year integrated eldresearch projects in the CanadianArctic and has participated in anumber of expeditions. He hasearned many honours for hiscontributions to research andeducation, including eaching MeritAwards from Queens University,Earth Sciences Merit Awards

from Natural Resources Canada,and the Queens Golden JubileeMedal. Marc is co-leader of theinternational compilation projectled by Canada that produced a newinternational Geological Map of theArctic and underlying GIS-enableddatabase (nal release in February2011). Currently he is contributingto the assembly of a ectonicMap of the Arctic with colleaguesfrom the other circumpolar Arcticnations.

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Venture with us through the famed Northwest Passage! Te epic quest for a northern route west to silk and spiceproducing Asia occupied some of the best minds of European

civilization for half a millennium, and it still remains an elusive routethat few have had the privilege of travelling.

Our journey begins in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, as we make our waythrough one of Greenlandslongest ords, crossing theArctic Circle in the process.As we make our way northalong Greenlands shore, well have the opportunityto sail the pretty Sisimiutcoast, dotted with thecolourful houses typical ofGreenlandic communities.Next we visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of theIlulissat Iceord, where we will cruise amongst theicebergs, and marvel at the iceelds. At Karrat Fjord we willsail amid the ice and enjoy

a hike through the tundra.Our last stop in Greenlandis at the tiny community ofUpernavik the farthest north the Vikings are known to have travelled.

Crossing Davis Strait to the Canadian Arctic, well have time to catchup with our new friends aboard the ship, learn about the region throughour onboard lecture series, and keep our eyes out for the birds, whalesand seals that frequent the area.

Our rst stop in Nunavut is at the picturesque community ofMittimatalik (Pond Inlet). Well be treated to a cultural presentationthere, including throat singing and traditional Inuit games, beforeexploring the town. From here well sail into the famed NorthwestPassage itself. In Navy Board Inlet well keep a keen eye out for

narwhal and bowhead whales before landing on Devon Island, wherewell nd spectacular Croker Bay and the Dundas Harbour RCMP

historical site. Arriving atBeechey Island, well visitthe chilling site of the lostFranklin Expedition, and seethe signs of their losing ghtagainst the harsh Arcticwinter.

Sailing down the coast ofSomerset Island, well setour sights on Fort Ross.Making landfall in GjaHaven, well have thechance to visit the historicNorthwest Passage Museum.Voyaging from here intoQueen Maud Gulf, well

seek out marine wildlife, theimpressive summer birdlife,and make an expedition stop

at the mouth of Bathurst Inlet before arriving in Kugluktuk for acommunity visit and, our ights home.

Join us in tracing the passage that conjures a history at once tragicand inspiring, a history encompassing hardship and death, but alsocourage, determination, and superhuman endurance.

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Day 1: KangerlussuaqDay 2: Sisimiut CoastDay 3: IlulissatDay 4: Karrat FjordDay 5: UpernavikDay 6: Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet)Day 7: Dundas Harbour & Croker BayDay 8: Beechey and Prince Leopold Island

I loved the expedition format whichwas reinforced by the breadth ofinformation provided by the resourcesta. I learnt an amazing amount andhad a wonderful wilderness experienceas well.

-Mary, Into the Northwest Passage 2009

Day 9: Bellot Strait and Fort RossDay 10: Pasley BayDay 11: Gja HavenDay 12: Jenny Lind PeninsulaDay 13: Bathurst InletDay 14: Coronation GulfDay 15: Kugluktuk (Coppermine)

Explore the beautiful Greenlandiccommunities of Ilulissat & Upernavik Marvel at the Ilulissat Iceord, a

UNESCO World Heritage Site Enjoy the breathaking experience

of sailing down Karrat Fjord as weapproach the glacier

Experience throat singing and traditionalInuit games at Pond Inlet

Contemplate the historic graves of theill-fated Franklin Expedition

Enjoy hikes on the open tundra atBathurst Inlet

Visit the last trading post built by theHudsons Bay Company at Fort Ross

Follow in the footsteps of RoaldAmundsen as we explore the town of

Gja Haven Sail the Northwest Passage

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Into the Northwest Passage: Sta Tis is just a sampling of the outstanding sta on this voyage.Please visit our website for a full list of sta members.

ed Cowan, Ree Brennin, Matthew Nuquingaq, John Houston, Jack Seigel, Tomas Kovacs and David Reid will also be on this voyage.

Jon has been reading therocks and sharing theirstories both as a career andas his passion for over 40

years. He rst worked inthe Canadian Arctic whilestill in high school andbecame enthralled withthe land and its people.Having obtained degreesin geology in orontoand Calgary, he pursueda career as a professionalgeologist, which includedeldwork and excursions

across Canada. Bothindependently and as amember of a number ofgeological organizations,

Jon continues to bevery active in helpingyouth, teachers, thegeneral public, and othergeologists appreciate someof the marvels of ourplanet and how all life isconnected to, and shaped

by, the ever-changinggeological landscape.

Born in Arkisserniaq,a northern Greenlandcommunity in 1960, Aaju haslived up and down the west

coast of her native country asa result of her fathers teachingand preaching career. In1981, Aaju moved to Iqaluit,in Nunavut, Canada whereshe has taken up residence.Here, Aaju worked as aninterpreter, and she has done

volunteer work with variouswomens and interpretationorganizations. Aaju has a

homebased sealskin garmentbusiness, translates, volunteersfor the music society, collectstraditional law from Nunavutselders, raises her ve children,and is currently involved inpromoting the Inuit rightto make a living on huntingseal. Inuit and others havechallenged the EuropeanParliament on their legislation

which bans the import of seal

products into Europe.

Michelle Valberg is anaward-winning Canadianphotographer, renownedfor her soulful portraiture

and stunning landscapes.She possesses a magicalcombination of artisticcreativity, entrepreneurialspirit and communitycommitment with adiverse career and excellentreputation. Valbergs workhas appeared in numerousmagazines and has beenthe subject of her two self-

published booksLookBeyond: Te Faces & Stories ofPeople with HIV/AIDSandDare to Dream: A Celebrationof Canadian Women, whichbecame a national bestseller.Each of her book projects hasraised money for Ottawa-based charities. Valberg iscurrently at work on herthird book Te Land &Life of the Inuit: Trough

the Generations due to bereleased in 2011.

Bob is an archaeologist whohas carried out eld researchin most of Arctic Canada, andoccasionally in other regions

of the northern world. Hehas investigated questionsrelated to the earliest pre-lnuitoccupations of Arctic NorthAmerica: the development ofInuit culture, and the natureof relationships between theInuit and early Europeantravellers to Arctic regions.His most recent work isTe Last Imaginary Place: A

Human History of the ArcticWorld(2004). He is a Fellowof the Royal Society ofCanada and of the ArcticInstitute of North America,and past-president of theCanadian ArchaeologicalAssociation. In 2000, he

was awarded the MasseyMedal of the Royal CanadianGeographical Society. Heis Curator Emeritus at

the Canadian Museum ofCivilization.

Paul cannot recall a timewhen he was not birding,and his passion has alwaysbeen for migrant songbirds.

Pauls passion for birdshas taken him to passerinemonitoring / bandingstations in Israel, CostaRica, northern Ontarioand northern BritishColumbia. In more recent

years his attentions havesteered more to work withOntarios endangeredbreeding species, specically

with Bald Eagles,Loggerhead Shrikes andProthonotary Warblers.However, he still nds timeto indulge in grass-rootsmigration monitoring

with the oronto BirdObservatory, where as acertied banding trainer

with the North AmericanBanding Council hecontinues to pass on his

experience from 15 years ofbanding on 3 continents.

Paul PriorOrnithologist

Barry Lopez is the authorof thirteen works of ctionand nonction, includingArctic Dreams, for which

he received the NationalBook Award. 2011 marksthe 25th anniversary of thepublication ofArctic Dreams- a milestone that we willcelebrate onboard.

His most recent collection ofstories is Resistance. In 2006he edited HomeGround

with Debra Gwartney, a

dictionary of brief essaysdening 850 landscapeterms. He has travelledextensively in populatedand remote parts of the

world and his work hasbeen widely translated.He is an elected Fellow ofthe Explorers Club and

was recently chosen by theAssociation of AmericanGeographers as their

Honorary Geographer for2011.

Barry LopezAuthor

Jon DudleyGeologist

Aaju PeterCulturalist

Michelle ValbergPhotographer

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Tis was a life-transformingexperience. I will never forget the

magic of the Arctic, and hope to beable to return! Adventure Canadadid a marvellous job throughout.

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Walking in Ancient FootstepsAs I move across the Arctic landscape in search of the past, one thought is forever in my mindI am walking inancient footsteps. No matter where I tread in this majestic land, it is apparent that even its remotest corners containsigns of life once lived, as well as the signs of ongoing life.

At times, evidence of by-gone days is dicult to detect. But sometimes, if we know where to look, we will ndourselves almost overwhelmed by the evidence of ancient human eort, in the form of caribou drive lanes, polarbear traps, or whalebone houses. With Adventure Canada, well work to unravel the story of an ancient world, right

there, on site.

Like everyone, everywhere, pastnortherners lived, loved, played andstruggled daily, but with the addedchallenge of doing these things in oneof the most extreme environments on

earth. As we travel on this Arctic odysseythrough the Northwest Passage we will witness the ingenuity of their survivaltactics, which reveal both the beauty andthe diculty of life in the north.When I reect on the ve thousand yearhuman history of the Arctic, I believe itwas characterized by miraculous journeys

made over days, years, and generations, aspeople moved from Siberia or Alaska to Greenland. As we sail across the vast Arctic Archipelago, we pass throughwaterways that may well have seen these early journeys. I consider the ability to do this with Adventure Canada notonly a fantastic opportunity, but also a great gift. Tis epic experience of covering enormous distances in a relativelyshort period of time, while living life to the fullest, is nearly impossible to achieve on our own.In fact, I must tell you that this two week voyage through the Northwest Passage is the highlight of my year. Whatmakes it even better is travelling with people who are encountering archaeological sites for the rst time and seeingtheir awe-struck faces. As we embrace the moments of silence that naturally settle upon us at these locations, weabsorb the spirit of past people, which magically remains long after they have moved on. In this moment of solitude,

our lives, and our souls, are forever changed.

Latonia Hartery, Archaeologist

Latonia has a PhD in circumpolararchaeology from the Universityof Calgary. Her exploration ofthis topic has taken her to theCanadian Arctic, Greenlandand Scandinavia. For the pastdecade she has conductedexcavations on Paleoeskimo sitesin Bird Cove-Pond Cove, northernNewfoundland. At this locationshe integrates research, tourismand public education. She is alsothe president of AARA, a non-prot organization dedicated toArctic and sub-Arctic studies.An emerging lmmaker, she

has worked on independent andcommercial projects for a widerange of broadcasters includingAPN and the CBC. For hercommunity eorts, and forpreserving and promoting Arcticand sub-Arctic culture, she has beennominated for the JCIs nationalOutstanding Young Persons award.

Join Latonia on our Out of theNorthwest Passageand ourNewfoundland Circumnavigation

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E xperience the spirit of adventure and exploration as we sail Out of theNorthwest Passage! On this itinerary well explore some of the leasttravelled regions in the Canadian Arctic. Te presence of ice will dictate

our precise route as we poke our way through the pack ice, exploring as we go.

Our journey begins in Kugluktuk (Coppermine) where well board Te ClipperAdventurer and sail west to reach the waters of the Beaufort Sea. Entering

Canadas Northwest erritories we will, ice conditions permitting, head throughPrince of Wales Strait, making expeditionary stops on both Banks and VictoriaIslands. We also plan to visit the community of Ulukhatok (Holman) on theshores of the Amundsen Gulf.

As we continue to make our way North-east, well visit Winter Harbour and NeilGriths Point on Melville Island and delve into the rich waters of LancasterSound, famous for its abundance of beluga whales and other marine mammals.Ten its on to Beechey Island, where History bus will be struck by the eerieshores that house the lonely graves of the ill-fated Franklin expedition. After

cruising among the icebergs and seeking out Walrus, we make our way to EllesmereIsland, following the route to the North Pole. Here we pay a visit to Canadasnorthernmost community Grise Fiord or Aujuittuq the place that never thaws.We will continue our journey into Smith Sound as far as time and ice conditionspermit, before crossing into Greenland.

Tere, as we arrive at the worlds largest island, well marvel at the large icebergsand vast ords. Our journey along the Greenlandic coast will include stops athistoric Melville Bay, and time to enjoy the natural beauty of Kap York and the

quaint town of Upernavik.

A highlight will be our time spent in Ilulissat, the largest town in Disko Bay anda UNESCO World Heritage Site. Well cruise among the massive icebergs, whereNorth Americas biggest bergs calve from the Greenland icecap as it tumblesdown to meet the sea. Heading south well enjoy one more excursion, beforeending the voyage with a passage up the stunning Sondre Stromord, 185km toKangerlussuaq.

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Day 1: Kugluktuk (Coppermine)

Day 2: Ulukhatok (Holman) & Prince Albert SoundDay 3: Banks IslandDay 4: Prince of Wales StraitDay 5: Banks IslandDay 6: Winter Harbour, Melville Island

Day 7: Bathurst Island

Day 8: Beechey Island & Radstock BayDay 9: Devon IslandDay 10: Grise FiordDay 11: Smith SoundDay 12: Kap Alexander

Day 13: Kap York

Day 14: UpernavikDay 15: IlulissatDay 16: ItilleqDay 17: Kangerlussuaq


Sail some of the most remote waterways and

least explored areas in Canada Marvel at the Ilulissat iceeld, where 90% ofthe north Atlantics icebergs are born

Seek out Walrus at Croker Bay Enjoy a cultural presentation at Canadas

northernmost community, in Grise Fiord Follow in the footsteps of Sir William Parry

at Winter Harbour race the route to the North Pole as we

venture up Smith Sound

Highlights

Andrew Stewart, 2009

I loved the variety - something for

virtually every interest. I was most

impressed by the expertise and accessibility

of the resource sta. What multi-talented

people! It was refreshing to meet experts

who do not take themselves too seriously

and can have a roaring good time.

-John, Out of the Northwest Passage 2009


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Out of the Northwest Passage: Sta Tis is just a sampling of the outstanding sta on this voyage.Please visit our website for a full list of sta members.

Aaju Peter, Latonia Hartery, Marc St-Onge, Ken McGoogan, Dennis Minty, Ian amblyn, Jim Halfpenny, Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson will also be on this voyage.

As a long-time Arcticmarine mammalresearcher, Pierre has

focused on the populationbiology of belugas andnarwhals of the CanadianArctic, developingrecommendations forthe sustainable use andconservation of theirpopulations. He is knownin Nunavut as Pieri,angutikutaq qilalugalerei(the tall man who knowsabout belugas and

narwhals). Over the yearshe has studied those speciesin almost every corner ofthe Canadian Arctic andhas collaborated in studies

with other whale scientistsfrom Greenland, Alaska andRussia. He is the authorof a Nunavut school bookon Marine Mammals ofNunavut and several frenchlanguage books on whalesand mammals of EasternCanada and the Arctic.

Since 1999, Mark has lived inIqaluit with his wife Carolyn,three children, and a bevy of

pets. After spending more thana decade studying the eectsof acid rain on waterfowland loons in Ontario, Marknow studies Arctic seabirds,particularly the eects ofclimate change and pollutionon their ecology. Most of that

work takes place in the HighArctic, where there are fewmosquitoes, little warmth, andlots of pesky bears. He and

his colleagues recently founddramatic declines in Ivory Gullpopulations in Canada, whichled to the species being listedas Endangered in 2006. Aspenance for this sad nding,Mark is Chair of two NationalRecovery eams for rarespecies, Rosss Gulls and IvoryGulls. However, if you ask him,he will go on at length on how

the most remarkable Arcticbird is the northern fulmar.

Matthews parents emigratedfrom Scotland to Canadain 1959 and, to their sons

good fortune, they decided tobring Matthew with them.Matthew has recognizedopportunities that presentthemselves ever since thatbig move. He graduated

with a degree in Englishfrom the University of St.Andrews, Scotland. Heencountered the outdoortraining and adventure eld

while undertaking an outdoor

instructors apprenticeshipprogram at Strathcona ParkLodge on Vancouver Island.Returning east, Matthewshifted focus and worked inthe emerging white waterrafting industry on theOttawa River. Strathcona andthe Ottawa were the catalystsfor Adventure Canada,created in 1988 with his

brother Bill and friend DavidFreeze.

Te last Scottish recruit forthe Hudsons Bay Company- David moved from

Glasgow to the CanadianArctic in 1989 and madethe move to Pond Inletin 1991. For the past 15

years, he has been involvedin the adventure travelbusiness and has since led,organized or participatedin more than 260 Arcticand Antarctic expeditions,trips and projects. In thattime, he has travelled

thousands of miles by dogsled, ski, snowmobile andon foot. Experienced andcomfortable exploring thepolar regions; from penguinsto polar bears, Davidspassion and enthusiasm forsharing everything todo with ice and snow

with clients from all overthe world, helps peopleunderstand just how uniqueand precious our polarregions are.

David ReidAdventurer

Carolyn Mallory is awriter who is expectingher current book about

insects in Nunavut to bepublished in 2010. It is afollow up to her popularCommon Plants of Nunavut,co-written with SusanAiken. As well as writing,Carolyn is a librarian andchair of the French schoolboard. Carolyn can alwaysbe recognized on activitieso of the ship, as she isusually looking down at

the amazing Arctic world afew centimetres above thepermafrost. She has threechildren, two dogs, ve cats,and four birds and lives inIqaluit with her husbandMark, in their houseoverlooking Frobisher Bay.She has always wanted tolive by the ocean but did notexpect the Arctic Ocean to

steal her heart.

Carolyn MalloryField Botanist

Pierre RichardMarine Biologist

Mark MallorySeabird Biologist

Matthew SwanAdventure Canada

Bernadette grew up in CoralHarbour on SouthamptonIsland where the spring and

summer seasons were spenton the land hunting, shingand harvesting. Bernadettehas lived in dierentcommunities in Nunavut,

working very closely withelders and youth on culturalprogram development andculture camps for Inuit

youth and women. Herwork on Inuktitut languagepreservation produced

several albums consistingof traditional Inuit andcontemporary songs, storiesand legends. She has beena cultural advisor to variousmuseum exhibits in theUS and on documentarylms about Inuit and arctichistory. She produced andco-directedInuit Piqutingit:What belongs to Inuitwith

famed Inuk lm makerZacharias Kunuk.

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Heart of the ArcticSeptember 12 - 24, 2011aboard the Ocean Nova

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Join us as we are welcomed into the land of the Inuit. Our friends in the North live a life thatis shaped from start to nish by the harsh climate and the unforgiving Arctic landscape.raditional knowledge of the thousands of years of Inuit history, along with knowledge of the

land, and the plants and the wildlife it supports, has been passed down through an oral traditionthat is just beginning to be recorded. We will celebrate this legacy through an enriching programof exploration, cultural immersion, art and archaeology with a host of outstanding resource guidesand exceptional guests.

Our journey begins as we sail down Kangerlussuaq Fjord, West Greenlands longest and mostcaptivating. Well no doubt marvel at the colourful houses that dot the tiny community ofKangamiut before making our way to Nuuk, Greenlands capital. After crossing the Davis Straitwe enter the picturesque community of Pangnirtung or Pang. Pangnirtung is situated at thefoot of Mount Duval, one of the most spectacular backdrops in the Canadian Arctic. Duringour time in this world-renowned printmaking community, well visit both the printshop andthe tapestry studio at the Uqqurmiut Art Centre. As we continue south, well seek out walrusduring our Zodiac cruise at Monumental Island before enjoying a hike on the tundra during ourexpedition stop along Ban Islands coast. As we arrive at the tiny community of Kimmirut

(Lake Harbour) well have the chance to purchase world-renowned carvings and to explore thesouth Ban coastal town.

Perhaps the highlight of this trip will be the next two days, which are spent in Kinngait (CapeDorset). We have allocated extra time here to allow us to experience the Inuit Art Capital of theWorld to a fuller extent as we visit with local artists, enjoy a community welcome and of course,have the chance to purchase some highly-coveted Inuit Art. From here well indulge our senseof adventure and exploration as we enjoy expeditionary stops at Markham Bay and the SavageIslands. Our journey ends in Iqaluit, the Capital of Nunavut.

Tis itinerary has been specically chosen to highlight the best of Inuit art and culture, but alsoto provide us with the opportunity to compare and contrast Greenlandic communities with theCanadian territories of Nunavut. Our Adventurers will be able to engage in onboard forumsfocusing on the many challenges that face the North. Te arts of the Inuit have informed southernaudiences for the last 60 years with visual imagery that has red our imaginations. Even the verybest sculpted forms, prints and drawings and weavings, however, only allow us to glimpse thisspectacular landscape and culture. We now have the privilege of experiencing their reality rsthand.

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Day 1: KangerlussuaqDay 2: KangamiutDay 3: NuukDay 4: At Sea


Explore quaint Kangamiut, Greenland

Visit the one of the smallest capitals in the world, Nuuk Explore the printshop and tapestry studio at the Uqqurmiut Art Centre inPangnirtung

First Hudson Bay Company trading post in the Ban Region at Kimmirut Spend time in the Inuit Art Capital of the World, Kinngait Seek out Walrus at Monumental Island Explore Nunavut s Capital city, Iqaluit ake part in onboard printmaking workshops with Andrew Qappik Meet elders, artists and community leaders in each hamlet on our route

Highlights

Dennis Minty

All the activities that were planned on the

ship so we could benet from the amazing

group of people as part of the sta, learn more

about the communities where we were going

and the interaction with local people when we

were in the town visits.

-Michelle, Heart of the Arctic 2009


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Day 5: PangnirtungDay 6: Monumental IslandDay 7: South Ban CoastDay 8: Kimmirut (Lake Harbour)

Day 9 & 10: Kinngait (Cape Dorset)Day 10: Markham BayDay 11: Savage IslandsDay 12: Iqaluit

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Heart of the Arctic Resource Sta Tis is just a sampling of the outstanding sta on this voyage.Please visit our website for a full list of sta members.

Annie Qappik, Jane Sproull-Tompson and others will also be on this voyage, nd their biographies within this brochure or online.

Ree is a zoologist specializingin marine life. She studiedbeluga population genetics

across the CanadianArctic and in 2007 shehelped to organize aninternational workshop onbelugas that brought togetherInuit hunters, wildlifemanagers and aquariumprofessionals to collaborateon conservation initiatives.Ree spent nine years

working at the MontereyBay Aquarium and taughtEnvironmental Scienceand Policy at the MontereyInstitute of InternationalStudies. Since moving backto Ontario in 2004, Reehas worked as a consultant,combining her expertisein science, education andpublic policy. She has worked

with Environment Canadaand also developed andtaught a course in MarineEnvironmental Issues atQueens University and theUniversity of Ottawa.

Mike is one of Canadasleading photographers andexplorers with over 30

years of journeys to hiscredit. Mike has been partof a number of fascinatingexpeditions which havebeen the subject of severaldocumentaries and books.His photographic and

video work has illustratedsubjects ranging fromsovereignty, culture,environment, youth,conservation and tourism.

Mike has been compelledto spend part of every yearfor three decades in theNorth to travel slowly andthoughtfully to feel thepulse of the land and live

with the unique culturesof the Arctic realm. He isthe author of the bookTeMagnetic North. Mike liveswith his wife, Bonnie and

their dog/child, Laird inChelsea, Quebec.

A member of the well-known Houston family, Johnspent the rst eight years

of his life in Cape Dorset.He studied art in Parisand graduated from YaleUniversity in 1975; that same

year, he took up the positionof Art Advisor to thePangnirtung Co-operativesprintmaking project. In 1998,

John co-wrote and directedhis rst lm. His 2007 lm:Kiviuq, was recently awardedBest Documentary Film at

Dreamspeakers 12th annualInternational AboriginalFilm & elevision Festival inEdmonton. His latest lm,Te White Archeris based on

James Houstons childrensnovel of the same name.

Te novel is written from anInuit legend and deals withrevenge and the beginningsof resolution Inuit and Innu,

who traditionally viewedone another with fear andmistrust.

John HoustonFilmmaker, Curator,Culturalist

For the past 30 years, Dr.Gerald McMaster has

worked as a visual artist,

curator, and scholar toincrease the knowledgeand understanding of FirstNation, Mtis, and Inuitart, both nationally andinternationally. He beganhis career with the CanadianMuseum of Civilization,in Ottawa; then with theSmithsonian NationalMuseum of the AmericanIndian. He is currently the

Fredrik S. Eaton curatorof Canadian Art at theArt Gallery of Ontario,in oronto. Tis past yearhe editedInuit Modern:Te Samuel and EstherSarick Collection along withpresenting the ground-breaking exhibition at theAGO. He is currentlyco-Artistic Director of the

2012 Biennale of Sydney,the prestigious internationalfestival of contemporary art.

Gerald McMasterCurator, Author, Artist

Ree BrenninMarine Biologist

Mike BeedellPhotographer & Adventurer

Andrew is a master print-maker from Pangnirtung,Ban Island in Nunavut.Originally inspired by imagesin the comic books he read asa child, Andrew now nds hissubjects in the stories, tradi-tions and day-to-day eventsof his world. His imagesdescribe the local landscape,the animals, the people as

well as family activities andcamp life. As a printmaker,Andrew uses relief printing,etching and lithography. He

is most widely recognizedfor the subtle layering ofcolours in his stencil prints.As a designer, Andrew usessymbolic colours and imageryto communicate ideas. He isbest known for his contri-bution to the design of theNunavut ag, logo and coatof arms. He conducts work-shops for people of all agesand often travels to the south

to demonstrate and promoteInuit printmaking.

Andrew QappikArtist & Culturalist

Callum was brought up in theBritish Isles before emigratingto Canada in 1968. He was

educated at the University ofCalgary, Memorial University ofNewfoundland and Bryn MawrCollege, obtaining degrees inarchaeology and anthropology.His principal research focusduring more than thirty yearsof eldwork in the CanadianArctic has been on the historyand archaeological evidencefor maritime adaptations ofcultural groups living in extreme

and marginal environments,including aboriginal people,

whalers, settlers and explorers.He has spent the last 30

years as an archaeologistwith museums, government,aboriginal groups and industryundertaking environmental andarchaeological inventories andassessments and conducting hisown eld research projects.

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for me was waltzing with Kenojuak

at the Cape Dorset community hall.

People, you cant beat that!

- Paul, Heart the of the Arctic 2009

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Some thoughts on Inuit ArtArt can never be understood, but can only be seen as a kind of magic,the most profound and mysterious of all human activities.- Bill Reid

Te phenomena that we know collectively as Inuit Art, hasenjoyed a presence in the art world for over 50 years. Whilecurators, dealers and government funding agencies struggle withthe denitions and parameters of these exciting visual forms,those of us who encounter works by Inuitartists are immediately touched by theirhonesty, intimacy and power to communicate.Te art of any cultural group is a window ofopportunity for insight and understanding.What better way to experience Canadas lastfrontier, and its most exotic landscape, thanthrough the artistic outpourings of its people.

Te art of the Inuit, Canadas Arctic people,has a history of some 4,000 years. Its means ofexpression took the form of highly decoratedmaterial culture. Whether these objects wereused for hunting or personal adornment, theirsignicance is unquestionable. Te aestheticappeal beyond western understandingunderlies the amazing collections to be foundin the worlds great museums and galleries. Forthe Inuit, this rich artistic outpouring created

a spiritual bond, a means of communicatingwith the world around them and the spiritualforces that controlled that world. For a non-literate people, artwas a means by which they translated isumasi (our thoughts). Tatthey have a rich oral history which complements this traditionhas only come to light within the last century.

odays Inuit artist continues the role of communicator. Tisvoice honours the land and its people and initiates a dialogue withthose who encounter the works of art. o confront a stone carving

of a polar bear dancing to its own music or a mother nursing

her newborn is to experience a glimpse of the Arctic rich withboth the familiar and the exotic. Realizing the distance the artistmust travel just to quarry the stone and the dangers inherent inthis exercise raises the level of motivation beyond the challengesof artists elsewhere. Te raw materials of stone, bone and antleremerge from the Arctic landscape. When we hold a beautifullycarved piece we are in touch with this landscape.

Paper for limited edition prints and drawingsand textiles used for weaving and wallhangings are newer materials for these artists.Both these mediums aord a narrative meansof sharing information. Prints that illustratelife in the communities, often contrastingthen and now, bring us closer to their way of

life. Sprinkled with humour and imagination,prints have become sought after by collectors.Te excellence with which they are producedis a tribute both to the many artistic advisorswho come north to share their expertise andthe talent of the artist to capture the ideaon paper, translate it in the print mediumand produce the print. Weavings and wallhangings expand the traditional sewing skillsof women and are a richly decorative andhighly personalized art form.

As the Inuit artist gains recognition, a morepersonal vision may inform his or her work. We often see signaturepieces that characterize the work of a particular artist. Personalthoughts and ideas are translated into stone or on paper, or anartist may choose to work in a new medium such as lm, video orprecious metals. At times we are challenged by notions of whatis traditional, what is art? Tese questions are not limited to artmade by Inuit or anyone else. Suce to say that as we encounterthe art of the Inuit we experience what Reid calls a kind of magic,

a gift of seeing and knowing another.

Carol has been leading toursfor Adventure Canada forseventeen years. Her love ofInuit Art that she showcasedin her Philadelphia

gallery rst led her northin 1992. Her continuingpassion for Inuit Art andher belief in the power ofcommunication throughthe arts, has drawn her backrepeatedly to the Arctic.Designing smaller tours

with an art/culture focusand working as a ResourceGuide on the Arctic cruiseshas allowed her to keep

in touch with artists andcommunity leaders in anever- changing artistic andcultural landscape that isthe Canadian north. Shegraduated Cum Laudein Art History from theUniversity of Pennsylvaniaand earned a Mastersin Museum Education

while running her gallery,

ArtSpace.

Join Carol on Heart of theArctic.

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Te Royal Canadian Geographical Society is dedicated toimparting a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada its people and places, its natural and cultural heritage and its

environmental, social and economic challenges. Te Society is oneof Canadas largest non-prot educational organizations and isfunded primarily by its members and generous donations. Te Societys Board of Governors and its programcommittees are comprised entirely of volunteers.

About the SocietyTe Royal Canadian Geographical Society was founded in 1929 with a mandate to make Canada betterknown to Canadians and to the world. Celebrating its 82nd anniversary in 2011, its mandate is fullledmainly through the publication ofCanadian Geographicin English and Gographica in French, and throughthe Societys geographic education program, speaker series, research grants and expeditions programs.

Please visit www.rcgs.org or www.canadiangeographic.ca for more information

About Canadian GeographicPublished by Te Royal Canadian GeographicalSociety, Canadian Geographicis one of the most

widely read magazines in Canada. Each issue of the magazine allows readers toexplore, discover and learn about their country. Te Canadian Geographic Photo

Club, Canadas largest online photographic community, is the home of the annualCanadian Geographic Photo Contest and the Wildlife Photography of the YearContest.

Tis year, the Society and Canadian Geographicare proud to partner withAdventure Canada to oer their Heart of the Arcticexpedition.

Tose on the Adventure Canada mailing lists are entitled to a one-yearsubscription to Canadian Geographicmagazine at the special price of $24.95.Phone 1-800-267-0824 to subscribe. All 2011 travellers will receive a one-year

subscription to Canadian Geographic, compliments of Adventure Canada. Mike Beedell, 2009

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Te combination of time for interacting

with nature and time for interactionbetween resource sta and Inuit was a

great thing. Well done!

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Greenland & Wild LabradorSeptember 17 - 30, 2011/ September 18 - October 1, 2012aboard the Clipper Adventurer

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Join us as we discover the divine landscape and sublime natural wonders ofSouthwest Greenland and the wild coast of Labrador.Beginning in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland we cross the Arctic circle as we journey tothe Davis Strait. Heading south, well enjoy a Zodiac cruise through the icebergsat Evighshedord before visiting the community of Kangamiut. Here well wanderpast the pretty colourful houses that dot this tiny Greenlandic town. Before crossingthe Davis Strait into Canada, well visit Nuuk, one of the smallest capitals in the world and the political and cultural centre of Greenland. Here we can see thefamous mummies, explore the markets, and sample local cuisine.

Making our way to Canada well watch for the whales known to frequent thewaters of Ban Bay and well seek out walrus during our Zodiac cruise aroundMonumental Island. Our rst port of call in Canada will be Kangiqsualujjuaq,Nunavik nestled on the bank of the George River. Well explore the town on foot,learning about the land and community from local residents.

Entering Nunatsiavut, the home of the Labrador Inuit, well spend the next threedays sailing south, the view dominated by the awe-inspiring scenery of the orngatMountains National Park. owering peaks, immense ords, fall foliage and grandskies await us. Everything is on a massive scale, with even the modest crags thatoverhang the ords topping 3,000 ft. On our zodiac cruises and hikes we hope tospot a number of species that call the area home; polar bear, black bear, caribou, wolves, whales and more than a dozen bird species. Well visit the abandonedsettlements of Hebron and Okak, founded by the Moravian Church in 1776, aswell as the lively community of Hopedale.

From here well call in at the proposed site of Labradors second national park, theMealy Mountains. Steeped in the traditional history of the rst peoples of the land,these mountains are also home to threatened woodland caribou herd, along withmoose, black bear, osprey, bald eagles and a species of special concern, the easternpopulation of the harlequin duck.

Our rst stop in Newfoundland is at LAnse aux Meadows, the earliest knownEuropean settlement in the New World, with Viking reminders everywhere. Fromhere well visit the communities of Conche and Botwood, where we will have achance to partake in a traditional kitchen party! Our adventure ends in St. Johns,North Americas oldest city, and an unforgettable end point to a remarkable trip.

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Tis trip was a rst for us but denitely

not a last. Te breathtaking geography of

northern Labrador was wonderful enough

for any trips success, but it was only the

context for the community of fascinating

travel companions who made the trip

absolutely unique and unforgettable.

-Carol, Atlantic Arts Float 2009

Visit Greenlands capital city, Nuuk Purchase some highly prized qiviut product

(muskox wool) Seek out walrus at Monumental Island A chance to experience the Northern Lights Spend three memorable days among the

spirits in the orngat National Park as yousail down the Labrador Coast

Call in at the proposed site for the MealyMountains National Park

Explore the community of Hopedale Marvel at the magnicent ords and inland

lakes at Saglek & Hebron ake part in a traditional Newfoundland

kitchen party Explore the earliest known European

settlement in the New World at LAnse aux

Meadows

Our Intended Itinerary Highlights Dennis Minty

Day 1: KangerlussuaqDay 2: Evighshedord & KangamiutDay 3: NuukDay 4: Monumental IslandDay 5: KangiqsualujjuaqDay 6/7: orngat Mountains National

ParkDay 8: orngat Mountains National

Park & HebronDay 9: OkakDay 10: HopedaleDay 11: Mealy MountainsDay 12: LAnse aux Meadows

& ConcheDay 13: BotwoodDay 14: St. Johns

Clayton Anderson, 2009

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Greenland & Wild Labrador: Resource Sta Tis is just a sampling of the outstanding sta on this voyage.Please visit our website for a full list of sta members.

Others will also be on this voyage, nd their biographies within this brochure or online.

Zippora NochasakCulturalist

Zippora is a long-time

promoter of Inuktitut languageand Inuit culture. In her career,she has been Minister ofLands and Natural Resourcesand Status of Women for theNunatsiavut Government,Executive Board Member forthe Nunatsiavut Governmentfor Happy Valley-Goose Bay,and Assembly Member forHappy Valley-Goose Bay forthe Labrador Inuit Association.

In her travels as a volunteer andcivil servant over many years,Zippora worked on issues ofshared concern with a range ofAboriginal and non-Aboriginalagencies, including other Inuitregional governments, theInuit Circumpolar Conference(ICC), and the Inuit apirittof Kanatami (IK). She is anaccomplished Inuktitut speaker,and possesses knowledge and

familiarity of all four Inuitregions in Canada.

Hamilton WhiteCulturalist

Hamilton was born in North

West River, Labrador but movedto Happy Valley, Labrador at avery young age. After graduatinghigh school, Hamilton joined theCanadian Army where he spent tenyears with the airborne Signal Corps.Hamilton spend a great deal of hiscareer working with the departmentof Natural Resources in Labrador, asa Water Bomber Dispatcher. Overthe last ve years, he has worked atseveral locations on Ban Islandas a Polar Bear Monitor. In thesummer of 2010 Hamilton workedout of a tugboat refuelling overtwenty North Warning System sitesfrom Herschel Island in the YukonTerritories to Shepherd Bay in theNorthwest Territories. Hamiltonis equally at home on land or seaand can never get enough of thebeautiful scenery the North hasto oer and is looking forward to

seeing you in 2011.

Dennis MintyPhotographer & Naturalist

Born in willingate,

Newfoundland, Dennis hasfollowed a varied path to arriveat his current profession as aphotographer. Trough 30 yearsof both local and international

work, Dennis has served as anaward winning wildlife biologistand environmental educator. Oneof his environmental educationprojects, Finding the Balance,Environmental Issues on a GlobalScale was ocially endorsed by theUnited Nations. Dennis has alsoreceived the Canadian GovernorGenerals Medal for his work inenvironmental education. As aphotographer/biologist/educator,he has travelled extensively tothe many countries of Africa,the Seychelles, the Caribbean,Europe and North America. Buthis favourite place is his home,Newfoundland and Labrador.

Shelagh RogersCBC Host

Shelagh is a veteran broadcast-

journalist. Shes hosted agshipprograms with CBC Radio,including Tis Morningand SoundsLike Canada. In 2000, she wonthe John Drainie Award, Canadashighest broadcasting honour.

wo years ago, she received aransforming Lives Award fromCAM-H for speaking publiclyabout depression. In 2010, theMood Disorders Association ofOntario gave her their Hero Award.She has been honoured for her

work in reconciliation betweenAboriginal and non-Aboriginalpeople in Canada. Currently, sheis the host of Te Next Chapteron CBC Radio One, a programdevoted to Canadian writers andsongwriters. She is passionate aboutthe north and northerners and feelsAdventure Canada trips to thenorth change you at a cellular level.

Denis St-OngeGeologist

Past President of the Royal Canadian

Geographical Society, Denis hashad a long and distinguishedcareer as a scientist and educator. Ageomorphologist who has worked

with the Geological Survey ofCanada and on the Polar ContinentalShelf Project, Denis has beenfascinated by the Arctic since1959 when he started studying theevolution of landforms of EllefRingnes Island. He is an Ocer ofthe Order of Canada, a past Chairof Geography at the Universityof Ottawa, a fellow of the ArcticInstitute of North America andrecipient of the Scottish GeographicalMedal. Te Canadian Associationof Geographers has presented Dr.St-Onge its Award for Service andthe Geological Association of Canadaits Ambrose Medal for sustaineddistinguished service to the earthsciences in Canada. In 2002 he was

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Meeting an incredible group of people,

both onboard the ship and ashore. I love

travelling with Canadians! We were in

some unbelievable scenery and I feel so

fortunate to have been able to see the

orngat Mountains. Te visit to Hopedale

was so special. Te wildlife sightings were

amazing, especially the polar bears and

the whale who kept swimming round the

ship!

-Joan, Atlantic Arts Float 2009

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The Land God Gave to Cain...orngats: Tey call this place the land of the spirits, the placewhere orngat, the spiritual entity of the Inuit people rests.Along the shores you will see evidence of people before us,spanning thousands of years, and you cannot help but feel theirpresence. In Nachvak Fjord we tread lightly on the remains of ave hundred year old village, where the remnants of sod housesoverlay the even older Paleo Eskimo settlement. Millennia ofhuman history lie here, outlasted only by the creatures that callthis land home, and by the ancient rocks that tower above it all.

o the south is Ramah, where thebeautiful translucent chert receivedits name. Tis material was tradedthroughout the eastern seaboard, downinto Maryland, to Ontario, and north

to Nunavut. Shaped into magnicenttools used to hunt the animals andseek out survival, the precious chertaccompanied the burials of our ancestors.

At Hebron, the history dates backthousands of years, with the mostrecent inhabitants being the MoravianMissionaries in the early 1800s. Tecommunity thrived with the German

missionaries and Inuit living in harmonyuntil 1959. When the NewfoundlandGovernment made the decision to close the only store, themissionaries decided to pull out of Hebron. Tat same year, theInuit were forced out of their homes and faced a devastatingrelocation to the south. o this day, the atrocities enduredby the Inuit

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