02 Jul

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Slept in a bit this morning, stuck my head outside and all was grey. Seems like afternoon light works better up here, so I'm adjusting my schedule accordingly. Late afternoon brought some breaks in the clouds and shone fantastic light onto the glacier. I set up my easel with a high vantage point overlooking this immense spectacle that is over three kilometers wide at it's leading edge. A myriad of streams braid their way to Lake Hazen from the icy mass, they formed beautiful patterns as the sun reflected here and there. Battling the blowing sand on my palette, and...

02 Jul

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PAINTING, AT LAST!: At last, 5 days into the trek, Cory begins his first painting ever in the High Arctic after he and Carl set up camp near the incredible Henrietta Nesmith Glacier....

01 Jul

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Carl and I headed out from base camp to explore up the side of Henrietta glacier, what a break to travel with a lighter load. My hope was to finally begin the first painting of the trip. It's the ongoing challenge to each painting I do! Balancing the time it takes to get into the landscape, then exploring it long enough to get a sense of it, then actually settling down and painting something. While the grass isn"™t always greener on the other side, I still always want to see it. A certain kind of frustration overcomes me if I...

30 Jun

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Arctic hares greeted us this morning as we unzipped the tent door, we had breakfast, then called into Caledon radio for our weekly interview and broke camp to move closer to the big glacier. Leaving the tent and a few other things behind, we left with our half-loads to find a new camping spot. Half-hour into our hike, the arctic winds hit us with rain and snow. The high arctic at the peak of summer, you just never know. We trudged on, eventually hauling all our stuff over. That was far enough, this was going to be base camp....

29 Jun

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Today we continued our haul down the lake. Carl reminded me that originally, there was going to be three of us doing this part of the trip. Unfortunately, I had not re-adjusted our gear for only two people. Now, we were paying the price. After a couple of hours of stop and go, we decided to split our load and carry on the rest of the way in two trips, more walking, but easier on the body. Henrietta had come into view in the distance, as we pitched camp again. Tomorrow, we move on to get closer....

28 Jun

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Woke up this morning and began packing gear for a ten day hike to Henrietta Nesmith Glacier. Interrupted by our first encounter of arctic hares.. right in camp, boy, are they huge. Brought our stuff down to the edge of frozen Lake Hazen, where Patrolperson Doug Stern, was waiting. He greeted us with a snowmobile and a sled to haul Carl and I 20 kilometers down the lake, to give us a great start to accessing the big glacier. Everything secured, we hopped aboard the toboggan for the ride. This would save us two days of hiking as our packs...