The Itinerary 9/5/2008 - 9/22/2008

Day 1 Ottawa, Canada Day 2 Ottawa/Fly to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland/Embark Ship Day 3 Exploring the West Coast of Greenland & Sisimuit Day 4 Ilulissat, Disko Bay Day 5 Exploring the Davis Strait Day 6 Exploring the Cumberland Peninsula: Pangnirtung & Day 7 Exploring the Hall Peninsula: Monumental & Lady Fr Day 8 Exploring South Baffin Island Day 9 Button Islands, Newfoundland, Canada Day 10 Hebron & Mugford Tickle Day 11 Quaker Hat & Exploring Indian Harbor Day 12 Battle Harbour Day 13 L’anse aux Meadow Day 14 Gros Morne National Park Day 15 Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Disembark Ship Day 16 Fundy Bay, Novia Scotia Day 17 Saint John, New Brunswick Day 18 Boston depart.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Killiniq and the Button Islands


On Saturday we learned more than we ever wanted to know about scat - or as my brother Gary would say, caca. We examined do-do from polar bears, caribou and lemmings. This was our first day on Labrador. Because of the misty windy weather, we had to travel by zodiac four miles through choppy seas to reach the shore. This was the first test for my plastic pants ad instead of wearing them, I kept them in my backpack and got soaking wet. The ride on the zodiac was further enhanced by our crazy Scottish driver, Kelvin. In the afternoon, we tried to make a zodiac landing on one of the Button Islands, but we spotted polar bears so we could not. Instead, we stayed aboard the ship and listened to lectures on Arctic botany and bear behavior.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Testing rain pants whilst keeping them in your pack makes total sense. It is key to determining the "pre-state", that is, what happens when you don't wear the pants. Good luck with part 2 of the test: going ashore with the pants watching satellite TV back in your stateroom.
-Dave