1000 Miles Through the Arctic - High Adventure in the Far North, a Snowmobile Expedition Documentary

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1000 Miles Through the Arctic - High Adventure in the Far North - a Snowmobile Expedition Documentary

It was about 2011 when my brother, @TheRealTedBaird and I got the green light from Field & Stream magazine to do this trip. We hadn't had much experience traveling by snowmobile before this and we were concerned for good reason. We traveled through some extremely remote areas, relying on our machines to get us from the Mackenzie River to the small Inuit hamlet of Ulukhaktok in the western Arctic Archipelago. We hunted Ptarmigan, caught Lake Trout, and ate Caribou, we spent time on the land with the Inuit and cut wood on Great Bear Lake near the Dene community of Deline. We were far up north in true wilderness and away from the road system in far-flung northern Canada. It was an amazing experience.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
2:28 Inspired by an Inuk Landsman on an Arctic Canoe Expedition
6:37 Cold Calling Field & Stream Magazine in New York, New York
8:24 Packing & Preparing for the Expedition
10:20 Flying to Norman Wells Northwest Territories and Driving the Ice Road
15:18 In Tulita, NWT & Riding to Great Bear Lake & Spending time in Deline
26:55 Driving out onto Great Bear Lake & RIgging our Toboggans with Rope
28:24 Getting Stuck & First Camp on Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories
34:35 Crossing Pressure Ridges on Great Bear Lake.
41:45 Ice Fishing for Lake Trout & Wildlife Sighting of Caribou
48:40 Losing Something at Night and Having to Turn Back
50:59 Camping in Canvas Ten, Taking Fuel Inventory and Breaking Camp
53:55 Sketchy Weather & Finding Remote Cabins at Plummer's Lodge
56:46 Making Bannoc in an Off-Grid Cabin in the North
1:00:41 Thin Ice Danger Crossing a Massive Pressure Ridge as Darkness Closes in
1:06:31 Hornby Bay, Ice Fishing & Bumping Into a Group of Inuit on the Land
1:11:50 Fishing Snowmobile & Crossing the Arctic Circle & Tree Line
1:15:52 White-Out & Darkness in the Barren Grounds & Wolverene Tracks
1:17:59 Camped on Dysmal Lakes - Drilling Through 7' of Ice! Fixing Snowmobile & Riding to Kugluktuk, Nunavut
1:23:11 Fixing Toboggans for 18 Hours Straight in Kugluktuk
1:32:00 Riding onto the Northwest Passage & Finding an Old Cold War Base
1:36:30 Riding to Cabins at Rymer Point, Ptarmigan Hunt
1:38:30 Jim & Ted Get Separated & Can't Find Eachother
1:40:18 Arriving at Rymer Point Cabin & Greeted by Muskox
1:43:47 Riding Through the Night - Almost Dying
1:45:47 Crossing Prince Albert Sound as the Sun Rises - 45 Degrees
1:48:04 Riding Through Safety Channel - Final Push to Ulukhaktok
1:49:14 Arriving at Ulukhaktok After Riding for 26-Hours Straight

[ralphwatten]

A Baird Bros. adventure!!! My favorite channel-

[beartoothcolt]

It’s great to experience the moment where you realize the person you have been watching on adventures has become their own version of the characters they looked up to in the books that inspired them. You even see they are still are humble enough to not quite believe it themselves. Congratulations you will forever be a part of the adventure/explorer history.

[norcolife]

This is the extreme remote trip I know and love you and Ted for.. I know it’s hard with having a family, but I’d love to see a long distance, remote trip like this, with Ted, or even with one of the many other Canadian wilderness explorers like yourself (northern scavenger, or especially Justin Barbour)

[WhatsUpWithSheila]

One of the things I've realized since you started releasing.... The National Geographic and Field and Stream Sponsored Adventures... Is that you guys have been doing this a long time.... You were truly those adventurers that I would watch on National Geographic and go WOW ....

I don't think youtube has fully grasp exactly WHO you are.... Because if they did ...Your Views would be so much higher...💪👍❤️

[davemartin]

We've been watching you guys since ALONE...you guys are epic...lots of great adventures....and look at you now...like the modern day Red Fisher...sitting by your fire place sharing your stories...😊...glad to hear you and Tori getting some good exposure on how stimulating the outdoor environment can be for kids...and kids like Wes. ..and Huddy is a star...maybe run into you in the park one day....hope the brookies are bitting 🎣

[riverslugoutdoors]

This is a fantastic documentary, I feel like this is a part of history that should be preserved. Great stuff

[ralphwatten]

Wow what a great adventure. Meeting people who live there and interacting enough where they can show you new and better routes to go. Thanks for posting this older story that is as good as they get. Good luck on your new adventures whatever and wherever they are.

[darrendavidsonoutdoors]

Wow! What an awesome expedition across the arctic! And here I'm thinking it'd be a cool experience just to go to Moosenee and Moose Factory during the winter.

[andreww]

Absolutely incredible doc Baird brothers!!!! Truly can't say enough about everything you both put out. Unbelievably great adventurous expedition after expedition. Stay safe and keep up the phenomenal content gentlemen!!!!

[judcooley]

Just getting deep into this. Jim/Ted - this is just perfect. I've watched you're guys content for years and this is just so totally you. Such knowledge and enthusiasm. Humility and respect for the culture and the ecosystems. Hopefully you guys have some inkling of how special you are and how special this content is. What an awesome adventure. I may not get to sleep tonight. I can't stop.

[cinderellaqueen]

Jim Baird, Congratulations to you and your brother for this great adventure

[paulfilipowski]

This was really special Jim. You have held on to this story and footage for all this time too. I see you all out in the bitter cold and it's tricky to even imagine. In the forest, you can build a shelter and have an abundance of fuel to burn, but as you said, above the tree line, below zero, amazing adventure !!

[livelife]

Either you are an incredible storyteller, or the story was incredible or both. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the landscape and learning about the people on the land. I recently read a book about how the boats of the Franklin expedition were found. I forget the man's name who helped Parks Canada find the boats, he was Inuit. Through that book, I learned a lot about the Inuit ways and my respect for them grew as I learned more and more about them.

[raymondcava]

Awesome thank you for sharing your journey up north. The communities in the north was the best part of this trip.

[bradyfischer]

Going to take me a few nights but this is going to be a good one.

[kccox]

I'm even going to watch it again!!!! I Say Jim, Ted I Love you guys!!! Two channels I am thankful to have in my life!!!

[CanadianSledDog]

This was absolutely riveting! I thought I could fall asleep watching it but instead it kept me up for hours! And I had to get up early too... 😆

[williamsmith]

Jim Wow that must have been amazing trip. That awesome! Thank you for sharing your awesome journey. Definitely a trip that you Ted will remember forever.

[ifonlyseethrumyeyes]

OMG I have a headache yet amazing trip. I would be too scared. Thanks for telling this story, I enjoyed it very much.

[endlesscamp]

Hello again, this is an amazing documentary! It´s impressive how detailed you remember this trip and supercool to hear about this. You are amazing respectful adventurers, i appreciate the respect you bring up to nature, the people you met out there, and the way you kept yourself safe seems to be right. Thanks for sharing these memories and impressions with the world. You are awesome!