Boomer, except “when something wild or crazy happens right in front of you—shoot away, then ask for permission later.”
SIMPLIFY YOUR KIT [4]
On a difficult expedition, keep your photog- raphy kit as simple as possible. “I only had a fixed lens 35 mm for the whole 65 days,” says Boomer. “Technically the small Fujifilm X100S is a point-and-shoot, but the quality is top notch.” For panoramic landscape images, Boomer got creative in the editing room by stitching photos together. “I was really happy to not bring any other lenses and find a way to make that one work.”
the trip
Baffin Island, Nunavut
In the summer of 2013, Sarah McNair- Landry, her brother Eric, Erik Boomer and Katherine Breen traversed southern Baffin Island on foot, skis, packrafts and in traditional Inuit sea kayaks. The island is an untouched landscape of glaciers, soar- ing mountains and tundra resting in the ice-choked Arctic Ocean. After navigating across the crevasse-strewn Penny Ice Cap, the team descended into the Akshayuk Val- ley beneath the shadow of Mount Thor, the tallest freestanding cliff face in the world. Reuniting with their handmade kayaks, they then followed traditional routes across the is- land, linking together lakes, rivers, portages and ocean coasts.
IF YOU GO: The expedition spanned 1,000 ki- lometers and 65 days in the Arctic summer, from July to September. Months of research, route planning, and designing and building traditional kayaks prepared the team for Baffin’s shifting sea ice, grueling portages, freezing temperatures and late-summer blizzards.
OUTFITTERS: Black Feather offers guided kayak tours out of Pond Inlet in northeastern Baffin Island.
www.blackfeather.com.
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