Arriving at Akshayuk pass
Sydney at the start of our two week trek!
Beautiful view at the drop off site
Sydney sketching with a beautiful waterfall behind her
Gorgeous rock face at the opening of Akshayuk pass
Sydney hiking on our first day in the pass, expedition has begun!
Sydney preparing bacon for our first breakfast in the field
Cooking some bacon for our delicious first breakfast
Preparing breakfast at our very first campsite
Syd and I enjoying our bacon and cheese breakfast
Packing up campsite one, ready to move on to our first full day of hiking
Beautiful Akshayuk valley
Campsite two, we had to set up quickly due to some incoming nasty weather
Views from inside of our tent
The owl river for which this half of the valley is named after
Set up my easel just outside campsite two next to the owl river
My trusty Robert Simmons paintbrushes
Painting just after breakfast on day three
Sydney hiking on our second full day in the pass
Approaching our first river crossing, the owl river emergency cabins across the way
After completing our first river crossing of the trip, very successful!
Some very old tent rings covered in tundra
A moss covered rock on our path
Sydney trudging through sinking tundra
Beautiful rock face wall on the edge of the valley
Views on the north side of the pass
Just past the June Valley emergency shelter
Campsite four, about 1km past the June Valley shelter
Beautiful campsite in front of this massive unnamed rock face
Our first day of hiking in some nasty weather, windy and rainy all day
Our first good view of Asgard!
The sky finally beginning to clear on our rainy day
Dropped our packs for a quick break and snack
Seeing a peek of the penny ice cap on top of the mountains
Rain approaching on our way to the Glacier Lake shelter
The valley which we came from
Nearing the end of the Owl River Valley
Beautiful clouds moving in to the mountain tops
Snowy Asgard hiding behind eery clouds
Getting close to the Glacier Lake shelter where we'll set up our fifth camp
Looking back at our campsite while going out for a side adventure on day 6
Our first glimpse of Mount Loki
Highway Glacier, Rundle river, and all the moraines in between
Flowers growing in the most desolate places
Sketching Rundle Glacier
Sydney and I about halfway through the pass
A better close up of Mount Loki
Drying some laundry outside of our tent at the Glacier Lake Shelter
The end of the Owl River next to our Campsite
Our second river crossing, the Owl River
Syd and I taking a break after our second successful river crossing
Syd hiking through our first day of rocky moraines
Syd taking a quick nap while hiking
Hiking on top of very tricky moraines
Looking down at Highway Glacier
Close up of the tongue of Highway Glacier
Inukshuks sparsely mark the way along the path
Syd eating some of Janet's dehydrated chili
Norman Glacier
Better views of Asgard appear as we get closer
The famous flat top of ASgard
Syd getting breakfast ready at our sixth campsite
Mount Battle with Mount Asgard in the background
Caught a quick photo of this small bird flying around us
Sydney across the lake from Mount Asgard on what she called "the lion king" rock
An amazing view of Mount Asgard, Mount Loki and the Turner Glacier with Glacier Lake in the foreground
A panoramic shot of Sydney overlooking Glacier Lake
Preparing to paint my first view of Asgard
Painting a dramatic view of the Turner Glacier form across the lake
Just after breakfast the lighting had made the view of Asgard just perfect
I couldn't help but pull out my easel and paint such an exhilarating view
Sydney taking a photo on our hike to our turner glacier base camp
Beautiful view just past the turning point of the pass
Mount Battle form the south side
Finally found some semblance of a trail on top of the never ending moraine
Hiking along the precarious edge of moraine rocks
After one night, heading up to the Turner Galcier
Approaching Asgard
Hiking up the rock covered portion of the glacier
Glacier ice hovering over rivers
Sydney approaching Asgard and Loki, looking for a safe place to cross onto the ice
Beautiful ice crevasse on Turner Glacier
Ice blue river running in front of Asgard
Sydney hiking on turner Glacier
Looking down an extremely deep crevasse on Turner Glacier
View of Asgard and Loki from on top of Turner Glacier
Sydney preparing for her photoshoot on the glacier
First view of Mount Breidablik
Sydney in front of Mount Loki for her portfolio
Another shot of Sydney for her modeling portfolio
Sydney in front of Asgard for her modeling portfolio
Sydney covered in all her layers, warming back up again after the shoot!
Sydney and I enjoying our Seroogy's chocolate bars on the glacier after a successful shoot!
Found a piece of what looks like bone, set in the ice
Another bone found further down the glacier
Looking back at Mount Loki
Set up my easel on Turner Glacier to paint the spectacular view of mounts Asgard and Loki
Looking back down Turner Glacier towards Glacier Lake
Glacier Lake and a fresh water pond in front of Mount Battle
Canadian Geese on our way back to camp
Looking back at Summit Lake
Packing up camp on the morning looking out at Summit Lake
Mountains and waterfalls on the south side of the pass
The famous weasel river valley, Breidablik on the left and Thor in the middle
Our first, and only, view of Mount Thor
Quick stop to sketch the weasel river valley and Mount Thor covered in fog
Snack break!
Relentless fog on the valley walls
Super high moraine with a precariously thin and sandy trail Syd and I had to hike
Thick fog looking back at Thor
Weasel river valley
Beautiful waterfall on our second last day
Swarzenbach falls
Mountains on the south end of the pass
Weasel River, day before the end of the hike
Opening of the pass reveals itself just past this ridge
Sydney trudging along after 20km of hiking on our second last day
Ulu Peak, our final campsite
Syd on our last day, hiking out to our pick up boat
Nunavut flag marking the end of the pass
The start of our last day, only 3km to the end of the hike
Syd and I after finishing out two week hike!
Riding away from our home for the past two weeks on Peter's expediting boat (with delicious hot chocolate!)
Asgard Expedition
