Route taken

The plan was to paddle from Iqaluit to Nain, and further if possible that season.

Map. Overview of planned route from Iqaluit to Nain

Leaving Iqaluit in the Vyneck 19 August 1981 (1)

19 August 1981 Set off from Iqaluit, (1) paddled to Fletcher island (2)

20 August Fletcher island to unnamed point (3)

Camping along Frobisher Bay

21 August to Peters Point (4)

22 August to unnamed island S. Baffin. (5)

23 August crossed to lower Savage Islands, then to an island off NW Resolution Island. (6)

Crossing to Lower Savage Islands 23 August 1981

24, 25, August. Stayed on island. (6)

Watercolor painting of camp, 24 August 1981 (6)

26 August. Skirted the southwest coast of Resolution Island to near the southern tip (7)

27 August. Waited for more stable conditions (7)

Mountain Aven (Dryas) watercolor 27 August 1981

28 August. Crossed Hudson Strait to Lacy Island (8)

29, 30, 31 August Lacy Island (8)

1 September. Moved to west coast of Lawson Island (9)

2 September. Strong winds. Paddled through strait to unnamed island near south of Button island group. (10)

3, September Strong wind.

Evening sun, from unnamed island, Button Islands, 3 September 1981

4 September. Crossed Gray Strait to northwest Killinek Island. (11) and hiked across Killinek Island to Amittoq Inlet. (12)

5 September. Hiked back to kayak at (11)

6 September. Paddled to Port Burwell. Found anchored oil tanker on route south from Hudson Bay. Hitched a ride.

The tanker took about four days to reach Halifax Nova Scotia, where I made arrangements for transporting my kayak and flew to meet friends at St Johns Newfoundland.