I was going to be uncomfortably hot in my drysuit this morning. The sun was beating down on a calm day, my watch read 17 degrees C, sheer luxury for the Arctic, and dare I say it, almost too hot for my Kokatat drysuit and onesie. 8 hours later the watch says 5 degrees, it’s raining, and visibility is reduced to about 5 miles distant. Inbetween times we enjoyed a 5 hour stint with a fantastic 10-15 knot wind pushing us along nicely. The conditions are always changing here.

Yesterday we enjoyed a wonderful day off. The first one we’d had for at least 10 days. The weather was beautiful, sunny and calm but we needed a break from paddling all the time. We relaxed, ate well and went for a nice walk on the tundra, seeing lots of carribou. 2 lovely big rackers were grazing right by out tent this morning when we woke up.

We made up for our day off today distancewise, covering 59km in a little under 10 hours. The tidal range in Hudson Strait is much less than Ungava Bay but we still need to pay attention as it’s still up to 5.7 metres. We paddled along one 3km channel between an island and the mainland with baited breath today. Although our maps marked it as not drying, they are not that reliable. We’re now camped in a pretty valley with a beach covered in seaweed. I have my fingers crossed for the rain to stop overnight.

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