Laurie's Three-Week Arctic Canoe Trip

Laurie is spending three weeks on the Burnside River in Nunavut (formerly Northwest Territories, Canada) which is in the arctic. With three other adventerous women, she flies to Yellowknife on a commercial flight, and then takes a four-hour seaplane flight to Kathachawaga Lake. There they canoe the Burnside River three weeks to the Bathurst Inlet (an inlet of the Arctic Ocean). They'll be in continuous whitewater for long stretches, many of which will need to be lined (walking the shore with lines tied to the bow and stern) or portaged. The river lows through tundra (no trees) with Musk Ox, Grizzly Bear, and migrating herds of Caribou.

The maps show the location. The top picture shows the general location while the bottom picture shows a close up of the river. If you want to see satellite images of the area, go to Google Earth and enter the folowing longitude and latitudes:

Starting: 66 degrees 15' N Latitude and 110 degrees 17' W Longitude

Ending: 66 degrees 51' N Latitude and 108 degrees 3' W Longitude

They leave July 9th and return July 29th. One adventurous woman, joining three other adventerous women, all living life to the max, pushing their limits, and not accepting the status quo! I fell in love with an adventerous woman 31 years ago, and fortunately she hasn't changed!