Black Feather
Black Feather
Black feather offers incredible guided expeditions to remote areas of Nunavut. Travel by foot, sea kayak or canoe as you keep your eyes peeled across the vast landscape for wildlife and unique natural and cultural history. Explore majestic Auyuittuq National Park by foot on a 6-, 8- or 14-day backpacking trip, or travel to the tip of the north and Quttinirpaaq National park, where we offer a basecamp or traverse; canoe the Coppermine or Soper, both Canadian Heritage Rivers, or go beyond remote on the Hood, visiting spectacular Wilberforce Falls, the highest falls in the circumpolar world. Visit the Floe Edge in Pond Inlet, camping at the intersection of ice and sea and witnessing an amazing arctic wildlife safari!
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Soper River Canoe Trip
The Soper River canoe trip is a trip for everyone, using well-balanced and easy to paddle SOAR inflatable canoes as we descend through the hills and mountains of the Meta Incognita Peninsula (“The Unknown Place”) towards the southern coast of Baffin Island. Its valley, sheltered from harsh winds, supports a rare “forest” of willows and a lush profusion of Arctic wildflowers.
Location: Iqaluit
Time: End July to Early August
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Auyuittuq Traverse
Auyuittuq National Park has some of the most beautiful alpine scenery on earth. This backpacking expedition crosses the entire Akshayuk Pass, including the rarely-seen northern section in the Owl River valley, and provides breathtaking views of Mt. Thor rising 1500 m off the valley floor with the longest uninterrupted cliff face in the world.
Location: Qikiqtarjuag and Pangnirtung
Time: July to August
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Ellesmere Basecamp
Quttinirpaaq National Park is Canada’s most-northerly park; it is less than 500 miles from the North Pole. This is a vast land with fiords, mountains, glaciers, high arctic tundra, glacial streams, and one of the largest and deepest lakes in the Arctic. Muskoxen, arctic foxes and wolves, rare Peary caribou, herds of huge, white Arctic hares, and even polar bears, share the land. This trip is offered as a basecamp option, in order to travel with lighter packs across this incredible landscape.
Location: Resolute Bay
Time: July
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Coppermine River Canoe Trip
The Coppermine River follows the tree line from the central Barren Lands to the Arctic Ocean and is renowned for its abundant wildlife, including caribou, muskoxen, birds such as golden eagles and gyrfalcons, fantastic fishing - notably of arctic char, arctic grayling and lake trout - in addition to fascinating human history. Designated a Canadian Heritage River, enjoy paddling a warm up of swifts and class I rapids before embarking on a fun and challenging rapid-filled descent of the lower river, all the way to the Arctic Ocean.
Location: Begins in Yellowknife, N.W.T, ends in Kugluktuk, NU
Time: Mid July to August
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Pond Inlet Floe Edge Basecamp
Discover the unique interface of the land and sea ice as you travel from Pond Inlet by snowmobile and traditional Qamutik to our base camp. From here you will travel to where the sea ice is open, watching for wildlife and learning from local Inuit guides. There is an opportunity to cross country ski if conditions allow. Polar bears, narwhals, seals and bowhead whale can all be found in this most amazing Arctic landscape.
Location: Pond Inlet
Time: Mid May to Mid June
