CECILIA CLARK P HOTOGRAPHY

Sea Ice looking east to Greenland We're deep into the sea ice. Last night it sounded like the ship was having quite a fight plowing, ramming, and chopping its way north. Our HX ship is rated for 1.3 m/4.26 feet of first-year ice. It has been an amazing experience and this morning we are still northbound in the Nares Strait. We saw Canada this morning. At the narrowest point in the Nares Strait, the distance between Ellesmere Island and Greenland is 48 k/30 miles. View of Elle

Brother John's Glacier at the head of Foulke Fjord Still heading north, the ship stopped in Foulke Fjord. When we arrived it was very overcast, but the afternoon brought brilliant sunlight and a better view of the fjord. Etah lies on the 4,500 year old ancient migration route fork. waves of hunter/gatherer people traveling from the Canadian Arctic to Greenland. Etah was the point where the last migration of Inuit from Baffin Island crossed the Nares Strait at Ellesmere Islan