Auyuittuq National Park

The Flatlanders will be heading north this summer. Way, way north to the "land that never

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melts" above the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island. Adam and his daughter Sophie will be going to Auyuittuq National Park (which in the Inuit language actually means "lands that never melts" but is actually melting faster each year) to trek the Penny Ice Cap and hopefully make a first descent of an Arctic river. That's right, as far as we know, its never been done before! We propose to hike from the south, traverse a glaciated ice cap located above the Arctic Circle, and then descend the Owl River to the Arctic Ocean, hopefully dodging polar bears that are resident in the area at that time of the year. Sophie is not your typical 14 year old girl. In her short life, she has lived in the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and on a sailing boat. With life now rooted in the small town of Steinbach, Canada, she excels at school, is a competitive cyclist representing her Province, and above all, is an avid adventurer and outdoors person. Sophie initiated the idea of heading to Canada’s north, researched this expedition, and ultimately came up with the plan that we will execute.