• In Home Bay - Polar Bear Paradise
• 5 bears seen today
• Camp surrounded by the dogs
• Flow edge, rubble ice, ring seals and mating season = high bear activity
• Slow progress through slush is tough on dogs

Learn more:

Click here to read about polar bear cubs.

Click here to read about ringed seals.

• Yosemite-like cliffs
• Cold temperatures, no wind
• "Dogs at their best"
• Bear tracks close to camp

Learn more:

Spring is the time of year when the seals and polar bears are pupping (giving birth). Mother polar bears hunt ringed seals to feed their newborn cubs.

Click here to read more about polar bears from Polar Bears International.

• Qikiqtarjuaq 45mi/72km away, possibly arrival Saturday afternoon
• Faster progress on flatter, snow covered ice
• Dogs and team doing very well

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Click here to read about Qikiqtarjuaq, formerly known as Broughton Island, where the team is headed.

• Travelling with the Inuit
• Cold night, frosty tent

• NE of Iqaluit, Nunavut aproximately 40 mi / 64 ki headed toward Pangnirtung, Nunavut.