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ON FOOT: The hike begins, bringing Cory into some incredible landscapes, and some mighty cold river crossings....

HEADING OUT: Auyuittuq National Park is about a hours ride away by boat. But getting to the boat is the first challenge!...

GETTING THERE: The 2007 Into The Arctic excursion to the eastern arctic begins. First destination: Auyuittuq National Park. But Cory has to get there first....

TRAINING FOR BAFFIN: Cory tries to get in a little better shape for his upcoming month-long journey to the eastern Canadian Arctic on Baffin Island. At the same time he shares some of his plans and inspirations for this 2nd...

FRAMING, Part 1: Cory and Janet visit Fotiou Frames to begin the challenging process of selecting and designing a unique line of frames for the Into The Arctic Collection of paintings that Cory is creating....

FROM FIELD TO FINISH: Cory takes us through to completion on one of his arctic paintings, "Fall on The Dempster", which depicts the incredible tundra after it's summer colours have left....

TIME TO STRETCH: In his studio in Caledon, Ontario, Cory shows his process for re-stretching a painting that began in the field, but didn't fit the shape of the canvas. He also gives some insight into the materials that he...

BACK IN THE STUDIO: Cory is back in the studio in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. While working on a piece begun in the arctic he shares some personal insights into the rewards of painting and a little about the creative process...

We invited Martin to come with us back to Whitehorse, where he lives. I have to say that the Dempster Highway held a lot more wildlife on the way south. We saw some grizzly bears and tons of caribou....

CARIBOU & GRIZZLIES: Back along the Dempster Highway, now in fall colour, Cory and his family encounter their first grizzly bears in the wild. And a bunch more caribou as well....

I am truly sorry, folks, but there are no terribly important or spectacular events that are very long so I am still skipping some days. We arrived in Inuvik yesterday and slept over in our RV there. Dad, Martin (remember...

MOUNTAIN TOPS: Exploring and painting in the remote British Mountains of Ivvavik National Park under very challenging weather conditions....

INTO THE MOUNTAINS: Cory hikes into the arctic mountain with all of his gear to paint seldom seen vistas....

GOING TO THE FIRTH: With the family comfortably settled in Inuvik, Cory flies with Park Canada to the Firth River in Ivvavik National Park top explore the ancient river and mountains surrounding it....

I'm going to be skipping a few days here; again. Ok so where do I start?   We woke up that morning and it was very foggy, and slightly raining. We took this as an advantage to take our tent and move...

BACK TO PAULATUK: Cory heads back to Paulatuk after exploring the land. Because of the ruggedness of the terrain, the 72km trek back took 11 hours on a four-wheeler hauling a trailer....

PAINTING THE BROCK: Cory develops an oil painting study from the incredible Brock River canyon for a larger canvas back in the studio....

PAINTING JONAH: While tent bound because of bad weather, Cory decides on a different and unplanned subject to paint....

Today was very exciting indeed. But I wouldn"™t ask for another one like it. We were with Dad while he was painting. But we soon got up and left. That day was very hot and sunny so we got the...

BIG STORM: Cory is side-tracked from his artistic pursuits when a major storm moves in on the arctic canyon edge....

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