For The Love of Travel

My favorite places, photos and stories

August 21, 2014
by Lids
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20/8 (Desolate) Resolute

Resolute is a small hamlet (230 pop) on Cornwallis Island, situated at the northern end of the N W passage. Very icy and blustery weather this morning. Everything works like clockwork this morning to get us off the ship via … Continue reading

August 21, 2014
by Lids
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19/8 Lancaster Sound towards Resolute

Just as breakfast began this morning we started to enter the ice between Devon and Cornwallis Islands….we have been spotting for wildlife on and between the floes….just a couple of polar bears today, way in the distance. No ship docking … Continue reading

August 21, 2014
by Lids
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18/8 Queen Harbour

Philpots Island lies to the east of Devon Island, in Baffin Bay and is home to Northern Fulmars, Glaucous Gulls and Ivory Gulls. These birds are opportunistic scavengers often found on seal corpses. They have been known to follow polar … Continue reading