
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