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before fading to a foreground of no-see-um mesh. I put away the electronics, grab a couple of bags and start back up to the canoe. So goes day three of a 620-kilometer, 21-day expedition and film production through Nunatsiavut and Nunavik with my friend Todd McGowan.
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As an adventure filmmaker, this is just a typical day juggling the duties of director, vid- eographer, editor, producer, expedition leader, camp cook and sherpa. Working within this creative box, I try to create intimate portraits of the landscapes I pass through. With national broadcasts of my past three productions, I’ve managed to scrape along from one project to the next. To avoid burnout, I take an occasional break from filming. In 2010, I completed a
canoe trip to Hudson Bay without my cameras and it was bliss (read an account of this trip in Canoeroots, spring 2012,
www.canoerootsmag.com/0040). I basked in the experi-
“Shooting a broadcast-worthy movie about a tough expedition is like adding the logistical complexity of a third person to the canoe”
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