Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.06.2013, Qupperneq 10

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10 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • June 15 2013
We had to decide whether to take the risk to round the
point to York Factory.
At breakfast the next day
we went over the objectives of
our expedition and made a new
plan. We would take advantage
of our current location to search
for the famous 8-Mile Trail
that was used for centuries
by explorers and fur traders.
This trail was a footpath that
allowed movement between
the Nelson and Hayes Rivers
without going around the point
that was so dangerous, even
for us. We launched off, with
metal detectors, cameras and,
of course, shotguns.
The banks here were steep,
almost 100 ft. high and showing
signs of serious permafrost
melting, erosion and slumping.
We walked along the lower
river shore, going east for three
miles and then coming back
along the top of the cliff. The
clay was soft and sticky and
we had a great time identifying
tracks. There was a group
of caribou that had come by
during the night, followed by a
couple of wolves. There were
huge polar bear tracks as well
as the smaller (still size 12)
ones of the cubs.
There was constant seeping
water from the cliff faces as
swamps drained and permafrost
melted. As we compared the
terrain with maps, even drawn
as far back as the 1700s, it
was startling how much had
changed. Isostatic rebound,
rebound of the ground after
glaciers retreated, was
estimated to be in the range
of 30-50 feet. Reefs shown on
old maps were now part of the
mainland.
We climbed up the steep face
in the area where we estimated
the trail to be. Flat, boggy and
burnt over in the last 100 years,
it was going to be tough to find
a trail that probably hadn’t
been used in 200 years. While
we were having a snack, the
weather started changing. The
temperature was dropping and
it was getting foggy. On we
went, using satellite imagery
and comparing it with old
maps. We found two sites that
had high potential to be the trail
and need more investigation in
future.
All of a sudden it got
dark, like the sun was setting,
although it was only 3:00 p.m.
A black wall was
approaching across the taiga.
Almost at the same time a
huge boom. Lightening! Dad
yelled, “Let’s get off this ridge
and down to the river edge.”
Running, slipping and sliding
in the clay, we huddled at the
base of the steep cliff. Rain
pelted down and lightening
crashed all around us, some so
close we were almost deafened.
Even with foul weather gear,
we were soaked and shivering
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Fara Heim: The bay The fourth of a series on the Fara Heim expedition, the story picks up from our June 1 issue #11, just after the group made the tough decision to not take the risk
to round the point so they could continue on to York Factory
Mackenzie with the York Factory Guide holding an
issue of Lögberg-Heimskringla
JJ at Port Nelson next to a dredge that was wrecked in a storm and broken across the dock
Prime Minister Stephen Harper August 24, 2012 – “York
Factory, Canada’s most important Ghost town”
PHoto: david coLLette
PHoto: david coLLette
PHoto: JoHann sigurdson