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10 Day itinerary
for the Narwhal of Baffin Island Adventure |
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Day 1, August Monday August 14,
2006: Our Arctic narwhal adventure begins when we
meet in Ottawa, Canada. From Ottawa we’ll fly to Iqaluit, Baffin Island and on to Pond Inlet. We’ll meet up with our local guides and spend our
first night in a local hotel. The remainder of the trip will be in camp accommodations.
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Day 2 August
15: Today we go through our final gear check and then travel via motor boat to
our base camp location at Koluctoo Bay. On the way we’ll begin the
Narwhal and Bowhead whale search while enjoying the passing arctic scenery. The odds are
excellent we will sight several icebergs along the way. We will set up camp and then
probably have time to explore the area around our camp. |
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Day 3 Wednesday, August
16th: Today we will go out in our chartered boat in search of Narwhal and other
marine wildlife. We’ll adjust our routine to suit the weather and the group
personality. |
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Day 4, 5 & 6
August 17, 18 & 19: These days are set aside for kayaking,
hiking, fishing and observing the narwhal and seals from the point of land at Bruce Head.
This special rocky ledge is an area where the narwhal pass close to shore as they
enter and leave Koluctoo Bay. This past year we experienced what we called the
narwhal parade, when for 25 uninterrupted minutes we watched a steady stream of narwhal
swim by, as close to us as 20 feet.. We expect that by day 6 we will have viewed Narwhal
several times. |
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Day 7 Sunday, August 20 : This will be our last full day at base camp. The boat will take us out on
the water again to observe marine life and to explore the bay. If conditions are
right we'll take a high tide exploratory trip to the Robertson River where Arctic Char up
to 50 pounds in size can be seen and fished for. On our last trip the group felt
that our trip here was one of the major highlights of the entire adventure. |
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Day 8
- Tuesday, August 21: Today the boat returns us
to Pond. We leave camp today to give us a cushion for weather. Should the
weather be bad today, we can hold off and return to Pond tomorrow or even early Wednesday
morning if need be. |
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Day 9
- Tuesday, August 22: Today we have time to explore
the hamlet of Pond Inlet and to search out that one special soapstone carving to carry
back as souvenir. |
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Day 10 - Wednesday, August 23:
Today we fly south to Ottawa and home. |
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This itinerary is a sample only. Each
day our activities will be dictated by the weather, the animals and by the other special
social situations that can occur in Nunavut Territory. I promise you that the August
2005 Narwhal trip was very successful with narwhal sightings every day from the boat and
on several occasions from the shore at our base camp. This is a unique trip.
Nobody else in the world does a trip like this. This trip is one of a kind and
designed specifically to get to see as many narwhal as closely as it is practical to
do. Therefore you will experience and see things that almost no other travelers have ever seen. On any given year maybe only a dozen or two dozen tourists from
outside Nunavut visit Koluctoo Bay. Each year for a number of years now, narwhal
researchers from the USA, Canada and Greenland have used this area to further their
research into narwhal behavior and migration patterns. |
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