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| The tide was wrong for a landing at Okak island so we landed instead on the mainland just to the north |
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| When looking for an anchorage both captain and first mate are on duty on the bridge |
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| The captain keeps an eye on the depth |
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| A wet landing, gumboots required. Water temperature 6 degrees C. Air temperature 4 degrees C at 7 am. |
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| Bear scat, caribou antler |
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| Stone tent circle (tent ring). |
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| Ramah chert, sought after for making tools. |
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| More caribou antlers |
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| The first shore party checked out the bear situation before we landed. Each group had an armed guard in case of polar bears. A third guard was up high. |
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| A vole or lemming skull |
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| Our ship in the distance |
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| Me again. This area had a great variety of flora: crowberries, blueberries, willow, Labrador tea, butterwort, and wintergreen. See the next post... |
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| Mugford Tickle is a narrow but deep channel between two islands with 1000 foot high cliffs on each side of half mile wide channel. There was a strong, cold wind, choppy sea, and low cloud or mist, so we did this on the ship. |
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| Mountains and mist |
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| A grounded iceberg in Mugford Tickle. |
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