Author Archives: TA Loeffler

We are hunkered down in our tent. The winds are sailing round and the shaking tent is making our prayer flags sway. We are across the way from Fort Chipewyan, a wee bit broken hearted, after a huge paddling day … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 58.68661 Longitude: -111.20157 GPS location Date/Time: 06/09/2018 23:34:26 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 58.48006 Longitude: -111.48033 GPS location Date/Time: 06/09/2018 00:11:49 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 58.22425 Longitude: -111.43997 GPS location Date/Time: 06/07/2018 21:00:30 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

What an evening we are having. The light, as you can see above, is stunning. We arrived at camp, which we are calling “Cobble Barge Camp” just in time to unload the boat, set up the tent, and set up … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 57.86651 Longitude: -111.37952 GPS location Date/Time: 06/07/2018 01:05:00 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Lovely evening here. Dinner done early so there is time to pull up a log and drop you a note before the temperature plummets to near freezing and we run for our sleeping bags. The light this time of day … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 57.44938 Longitude: -111.62280 GPS location Date/Time: 06/05/2018 21:10:40 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

This map I saw on a interpretation sign in Athabasca lines out our entire route. It’s been used for ages as a transportation corridor. We’re learning more about the groups of folks who’ve lived along these rivers and look forward … Continue reading →

Howdy from Fort Mac! It’s interesting to finally see the place that’s been so central in so many Newfoundlanders lives over the past two decades. We had a quiet night at our up along “Disappointment Welding” camp and enjoyed watching … Continue reading →

We began the day thinking we would end it having had a shower, some salad, and a beer with a few of the things ticked off of our town list. Instead, we got lots of practice in brainstorming and lateral … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 54.72274 Longitude: -113.29645 GPS location Date/Time: 06/02/2018 22:39:06 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

We took a rest and prep day today. We loved “Lily Creek” so much that we decided to stay awhile. The picture above shows what a “barrel dive” looks like. We are travelling with six weeks (now four weeks of … Continue reading →

We left our “Splitting the Waters” camp with the scent of wood smoke on the air. A forest fire nearby up along at started overnight and we woke up to haze and smoke. We then decided to skip our rest … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 54.86067 Longitude: -113.43839 GPS location Date/Time: 05/31/2018 21:52:07 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 55.22488 Longitude: -113.65654 GPS location Date/Time: 05/30/2018 22:57:54 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

So you can see the theme of the past few days…bugs, wind, and less current. The picture of me in my big jacket above is post loading of the canoe, that we’d parked in a creek the night before because … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 55.12319 Longitude: -114.05598 GPS location Date/Time: 05/29/2018 23:50:23 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 54.74433 Longitude: -114.28397 GPS location Date/Time: 05/28/2018 23:17:30 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 54.49323 Longitude: -114.39581 GPS location Date/Time: 05/28/2018 00:01:56 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

We left Whitecourt yesterday with the help of Carol (our bus driver) and Greg. They helped move our gear to the launch and then went down to the last spur to wave as we left town. We ran the spur … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 54.33165 Longitude: -114.76440 GPS location Date/Time: 05/26/2018 23:34:36 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

Device Name: TA Latitude: 54.20235 Longitude: -115.08740 GPS location Date/Time: 05/25/2018 20:25:54 NDT Message: TA & Marian are paddling to the Arctic Ocean. Check the map to see where they are paddling & exploring today! Click the link below to … Continue reading →

We began the day looking over maps and river notes and enjoying the luxury of some tent time. With maps marked, breakfast was time intensive but delicious blueberry and pumpkin seed pancakes. I then sewed on two buttons on my … Continue reading →

Ms. Gamble’s Grade Three class asked how we are doing our food for the expedition so here goes. We are using a pantry system rather than a meal by meal. This means we have a bunch of food (I.e. 360 … Continue reading →