Blogs from Sept Iles, Quebec, Canada, North America

Yesterday was a bonus day. The weather forecast was predicting bad weather but it turned out to be very good weather. A little rough at first but once we rounded the corner at Pointe au Mont, the seas calmed. We had several anchorages picked out but every time we passed one, it was too early and nice to stop. We traveled 11 and a half hours and covered 112 miles. The shores are lined with rocky hills covered by more and more coniferous trees. Small villages sprout up sporadically with fewer and fewer dwellings along the way. It really is nice scenery. We see whales, seals, dolphins, lots of Loons, Turrs (Mures) and Eider ducks. It is quite difficult to capture these in pictures. We anchored between two rocky cliffs off Manowin Island (N50.05 and W066.23) ... read more

Long flights today, reaching from the arctic circle down to mid latitudes, where its dark at night, trees are growing and ground is covered with roads, houses and even a railroad. In Iqaluit I learned quickly how to file flight plans in Canada (its very easy), how to apply for the customs officers in the US (rather complicated internet form sheets, with a response time of minutes), but once that was all completed I got going to the second next airport Kuujjuaq to refuel. After 2:40 hrs over wilderness and a lot of water I arrived there, and the tower controller sends me to the gas station to refuel. This is on an apron full of airliner (Dash 8, Twin Otters and a Boeing 737), and I park under the wing of one of them - ... read more