Thelon Esker Hike 2020

I used my camera and a GoPro to take footage while hiking the Thelon Esker, and now you can watch a 15-minute video of my hike as part of...

It is possible. Dream big. Enjoy a vacation in the NWT. But you’d have to be prepared and it shouldn’t be your first multi-day hiking...

The puddles are frozen and the tent bears a heavy coat of frost. The morning is obscured by thick fog. The brilliant colors are an...

Preparation and planning for a long hike is focused on weight. So everything besides weight is sacrificed to a certain degree: comfort,...

If I lived anywhere but the NWT, this trip might not be possible this summer. But as an NWT resident travelling within my own Territory,...

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) selected this expedition - Thelon Esker Hike - as their 2020 Expedition of the Year! Wow,...

Thanks heaps to the pilots and camps that are going to make this trip possible: Hoarfrost River Huskies' pilot Dave Olesen, Aylmer Lake...

Did you know that you can view the Arctic in hill shade? Hill shading is a mapping tool that simulates natural sunlight falling across a...

For a number of years I've wanted to do a solo trip, something at least a couple weeks long. This fall I pondered possible canoe routes...