Each year Greg Shute and Don Hudson lead a custom trip to the northern regions of Labrador. This year their travel has led them to the village of Nain on the east cost of Labrador(56 32 24.54 N / 61 40 43.33 W). They spent 3 days driving to Goose Bay(1200 km of dirt roads!) at which point they caught a plane to Nain. If by chance you get to travel the Labrador Highway - bring extra spare tires. They had three flats before they got to Goose Bay!! In Nain they joined an Inuit Captain on his converted fishing vessel for a multi day voyage up through the fjords and inner passages. They called in this morning to report that all is well. They've had some tough weather and the visibility hasn't been all that great. What they have been able to see has been nothing short of amazing. "Last night we watched a 150 tall iceberg float around the harbor - what a site!"
They reported seeing, Minke whales, Gyra falcons, Jaegers, and Fulmars. At the time of their call-in they were in Hebron at the site of an old Moravian Mission.(58 12.250N / 62 37.569W).
It sounds like they've had an exciting time up there, full of adventure and beautiful landscapes. They return to Chewonki on August 5.
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I came across some of your lads in town yesterday, they were doing some sort of strange dance, some one mumbled something about it being an ancient Main ritual to ‘bring on the clear weather’. We here sure hope it works, 9 days of fog, but there is some hope off to the east today.
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