Down the Mackenzie!

Friday, January 4

Day 5, Crash landing!

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Early start on perfectly smooth water. They crossed to right bank and almost immediately back to left bank — shortcutting long river bends...
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Friday, December 28

Day 4: Crossing the Mackenzie

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Up at 6, launched by 0745. "Better, but needs improving," Dick said as they moved out, first down the small stream to the Bouvier...
Thursday, December 20

Day 3, Beavers and bears

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They were off at 8:30. "Definitely an improvement," Dick said looking at his watch. "It only took 2 hours and 20 minutes to...
Tuesday, December 18

Day 2, An infinity of Mills Lake

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Dawn broke early, about 3:30, and already the winds were too high to launch. Dick, with stiff muscles and sore back, crawled out of the tent...
Sunday, December 16

Day 1, Launch

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3 June 1994. The wind picked up. It moaned across the world’s deepest lake — Great Slave Lake — gouged out by glaciers 10,000 years ago — a ...
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A few years ago, I took leave from computer engineering to canoe down Canada's largest river, the Mackenzie. For forty-six days my husband and I paddled alone a thousand miles through remote Canadian wilderness to the Arctic Ocean. Now I write a question and answer column (WonderQuest) for the Globe and Mail, Happy News and New Mexican newspapers.
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