Baffin Island: Day 3

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Summary of Events:

Despite his tiredness from the kayaking tournament the day before, Yukon got up and prepared to leave. After packing what they couldn't carry into the helicopter they all set out toward Iqaluit . . .

Excerpt of the Day:

"After a bit Kyle jogged past so as to come around and be in front of the group, walking backwards, one of his three cameras he hadn't left behind out in front of him; his phone and one of his GoPros were the other two he'd brought along to shoot with.

"Here we are heading out from our campsite," Kyle narrated. "Our hope that our forgotten food would be noticed and brought to us, unfortunately, was not realised, and so we undertake the trek home. Eight hundred and fifty kilometres or so on foot."

"Or more, not or so," Yukon said. "Guaranteed it'll be nothing less than eight hundred and fifty K."

"Based on the estimations of our esteemed guide, this will take us no less than three weeks," Kyle continued. "In other words, we will be walking for awhile."

"My speculation is that a trip on foot of this length hasn't been undertaken in a good century," Yukon said. "With the advent of vehicular traffic, and the greater availability of horses even, in North America have eliminated the long foot treks of old."

"What about Terry Fox?" JT asked. "Didn't he get from BC to Ontario on foot?"

"I thought he started in the Maritimes," Alex said.

"I don't know," Yukon replied. "Besides, there was a vehicle always keeping an eye on him, and, above all, it was not out of necessity. He didn't need to do it. He wanted to do it."

"So you're saying a trek of necessity of this length hasn't been undertaken in a good century," Ryan said.

"Exactly," Yukon replied. "For sure not in the last fifty years. Planes and cars, much less trains, have eliminated the need for treks like this."

"And horses too," JT added.

"Yeah, them too," Yukon said. "None of which we have."

"And we wouldn't want to break poor Ulloriaq," Ben said.

"I feel bad enough making her carry the firewood," Yukon said.

"All this to say that this is probably the most unique video to be posted in the existence of YouTube," Kyle said. "Never has such a thing been documented; and, honestly, I hadn't expected to document something like this. I was thinking fun in the far north, not survival in the far north."

"It's like an unscripted DIY Survivor or something," Ryan said.

"And a little more vicious than Survivor," JT said. "One, because nobody can get voted off the island because there's nowhere to go, and two, because if the group's numbers reduce that means somebody died."

"And we won't think about that, if you don't mind," Josh said. "It's bad enough I'm leaving a hundred thousand dollar plus helicopter full of more valuables yet behind, I don't want to think about dying.""