Expedition of the Year 2020

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) selected this expedition - Thelon Esker Hike - as their 2020 Expedition of the Year! Wow, thank you so much RCGS. And big thanks to Mountain Equipment Co-op, the official outfitter of RCGS Expeditions!

Thanks also to those that supported me in the application process: Mike Mitchell at the Prince of Whales Northern Heritage Museum in Yellowknife, Cabin Radio's Ollie Williams, local geologist Kumari Karunaratne, Grayson Bilak at Carleton University, previous RCGS expedition member Dave Green, and most importantly my spouse Leanne Robinson. Somehow she agreed to let me do this hike and leave her as a single parent of two energetic boys for 45 days.

And I have one more sponsor to thank for a gear discount: Seek Outside, a family-owned business in the USA that makes durable and performance gear. I'll be taking a tent and a backpack on this trip made by Seek Outside.

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