30 Jan

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Cory's Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter expedition field journals were published as a series in Canadian North airline's Up Here Magazine beginning in November 2015. Here is part 3. Published in the January 2016 issue. WEST TO EAST by Cory Trépanier I'm in Inuvik, re-packing gear until 4:30 am. After two weeks of canoeing on Banks Island, things can get a little messy. I begin my eastward migration with Canadian North flights to Norman Wells, then Yellowknife "“ where my good timing allows me to catch the Folk on the Rock festival "“ and then at last to Iqaluit. Over 3,400 kms in the...

30 Dec

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Cory's Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter expedition field journals were published as a series in Canadian North airline's Up Here Magazine beginning in November 2015. Here is part 2. TO THE NORTH by Cory Trépanier The first strokes of my paddle slice through the shallow, clear waters as a sense of quiet exhilaration sets in. I have just begun two weeks of canoeing on the most northerly navigable canoe route in North America...

30 Nov

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Cory's Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter expedition field journals were published as a series in Canadian North airline's Up Here Magazine beginning in November 2015. Here is part 1. INTO THE ARCTIC 2015 by Cory Trépanier In the summer of 2015, Canadian North was proud to support Cory Trepanier's final Into The Arctic expedition to paint Canada's Arctic. He chronicled his travels in an expedition journal. We are pleased to share some of his stories in this special six part exclusive series. PART 1 OF 6: INTO THE ARCTIC INTRODUCTION Almost a decade ago, I stepped into the Canadian Arctic for the very first...

22 Oct

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Caledon artist Cory Trepanier finishes off decade long 'Into the Arctic' expedition By Danielle Marr For Cory Trepanier, "˜true north strong and free"™ is a statement that he has lived and breathed for the past decade, planning and executing journeys to the far north reaches of the nation in order to explore and paint all seven Canadian Arctic national parks. The Caledon resident and artist recently returned from his fourth and final expedition to round out his "Into The Arctic" adventures. Originally Trepanier said the plan was to do three journeys, but when he took a look at a map, he realized there was...

18 Aug

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It's the morning of Aug 18th. Seven weeks of criss-crossing the Canadian Arctic finds me camped on the shore of Radstock Bay, Devon Island. Beside me is the stoic Caswell Tower, reminding me of Devils Tower in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I am waiting. Hoping. Looking over the watery horizon into Lancaster Sound, straining to catch the form of a distant ship. Patience now. This is not like flagging a cab. I'm in the middle of the Northwest Passage, after all. The last leg of my 9 week Into The Arctic painting expedition is here at last. The...

15 Aug

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Randy steers his 20 foot boat to avoid another frozen mass as I study the icy horizon. It's touch and go as he navigates the white mine field along the south coast of Cornwallis Island, on the western edge of the Lancaster Sound. Should we get through, there will be one more obstacle between us and the historic Beechey Island"¦ a frothy crossing of the Wellington Channel. I think back to what it must have been like traveling up here for early Arctic explorer John Franklin and his crew back in 1845, trying to find their way in this vast...