Richard Forensky: Flying over one of the main water drainage valleys for Somerset Island's Elwin Bay. Elwin Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located Prince Regent Inlet by the northeastern shore of Somerset Island.
Richard Forensky: The northern shore of Batty Bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is an arm of Prince Regent Inlet on the eastern side of Somerset Island. It was an area frequented by Arctic explorers, who left boats or wintered in the area.
Richard Forensky: The extreme northwestern islands of larger Devon Island, the world's largest uninhabited island. Cornwall Island can faintly be seen in the top-left of the photo. Taken at 77° north, which is ~400 miles north in latitude of Alaska's northernmost point.
Richard Forensky: Packed ice flow in the Gulf of Boothia, off the coast of Baffin Island.
Richard Forensky: Packed ice in the Gulf of Boothia. The distant shoreline is Baffin Island's northwestern Brodeur Peninsula. The area remains uninhabited by people and is known to be a refuge for wildlife such as birds and polar bears.
Richard Forensky: Flying past Bernier Bay, which is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Gulf of Boothia. The area is uninhabited by people and is known to be a refuge for wildlife such as birds and polar bears.
Richard Forensky: The Gulf of Boothia's packed ice flow. The shoreline is northwest Baffin Island. The smaller peninsula shown is just northwest of Crown Prince Frederick Island. The area is uninhabited and known to be a refuge for wildlife such as birds and polar bears.
Richard Forensky: Gulf of Boothia's packed ice flow. The land in the distance (under the wing) is the shoreline of Baffin Island's Crown Prince Frekerik Island.
Richard Forensky: Gulf of Boothia's packed ice flow.
Richard Forensky: Flying over the icy Hudson Bay, Canada
Richard Forensky: Polar route - Flying directly northward from North America towards the North Pole into Asia.
Richard Forensky: Flying over the icy Hudson Bay, Canada