Travel Group May 20, 2021

Adventure Cruising in the Arctic—Eastern Canada and Nunavut
Presented by John Aldrich, Professor, Dept of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine

John and his wife, Sylvia, have travelled in the Arctic several times on a purpose-built level 1B ice class cruise ship. The talk will concentrate on the Canadian Arctic from Resolute in the north to Cape Dorset in south Baffin Island. Starting in Resolute, the second most northerly town in Canada, we will visit Beechey Island, with its artifacts and associations with the illfated Franklin Expedition. The first glacier we see will be on Devon Island—a mere 900 metres thick—and a close-by ill-fated RCMP post. On Baffin Island we will tour several Inuit communities including Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet and Cape Dorset, the last famous for its Inuit crafts. We will enjoy traditional music and dance,
as well as indoor Arctic Games, in several communities. And maybe even see some flora and fauna along the way…

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