Alone Against the North (34 page)

firelighting skills,
81

forgetfulness,
64

friendship with author,
114
–
15
,
176
–
77

high school antics,
115

illness,
101

interest in exploring,
61

leaves expedition,
127
–
28

morale,
87

optimism of,
116

paddling skills,
79
,
101

photography skills,
102

trail blazing skills,
86
–
87

wilderness skills,
104
–
5
,
107
–
8
,
120

work ethic,
61
,
66
,
114
,
115

L

Labrador,
98
–
99
,
117

Lalemant, Father Jérôme,
151
–
52

Lewis, Meriwether,
165
,
182
,
265
–
66
,
272
–
73

Little Ice Age,
104

Little Owl River (unnamed river),
164

Livingstone, David,
68
,
233

London, Jack,
98

M

Mackenzie, Sir Alexander,
16
,
47
,
160
,
181
–
82

Mark (Moose Cree First Nation),
236
–
37
,
240
–
44

Mason, Bill,
130

Matonabbee,
13

Matt (camp counsellor),
275
–
76

Mears, Ray,
13

mining

for diamonds,
73
–
74

for gold,
43

in Hudson Bay Lowlands,
43
,
285

Missinaibi River,
270

Mociño, José Mariano,
177
–
78

moose,
41

Moose Factory,
234
,
236
,
239
,
243
,
245
,
246
–
47
,
255
,
277

Mount Everest,
54

Muir, John,
233

Munk, Jens,
103
,
111
–
12

N

National Geographic
(magazine),
251

Neskantaga,
147
–
48

Nils (Nuxalk guide),
182
–
85

O

Odysseus,
165

Omushkego,
76
,
97
–
98

O'Neil, Terry,
28
,
29
–
33
,
40
,
41
,
146
,
191
–
93
,
262
–
63
,
267

Otoskwin River,
147

Outdoors Oriented,
258

owls,
164

P

Peawanuck,
76
,
115

permafrost,
113

petroglyphs,
28
,
177
,
180
,
181
,
182
,
183
–
84
,
185

Polar Bear Express,
235
,
277

Polar Bear Provincial Park,
65

polar bears,
51
,
62
–
63
,
116
–
19
,
135
,
136
,
169
–
72
,
174

Preston, Richard,
152
–
53

R

Rawls, Wilson,
166

Remick, Jerome,
280

Richardson, Dr. John,
114

Riley (dog),
21
,
58
–
59
,
166

Riley, John,
156

Roosevelt, Theodore,
92
,
105

Roy, J.M.,
253

Royal Canadian Geographical Society,
7
,
54
–
55
,
65
,
66
,
67
,
83
,
100
,
118
–
19
,
131
,
175
,
177
,
188
,
212
,
252
,
258
,
261

Royal Geographical Society,
52
,
53
,
54
,
68
,
213
,
266

S

sandhill cranes,
196
–
97

sasquatch,
177
–
80
,
184

Shackleton, Sir Ernest,
47
,
68
,
114
,
125
–
26
,
259

Shoalts, Adam,
188
–
89
.
See also
Again River

B.C. expedition,
177

Bella Coola expedition,
181
–
87

budget for 2012 expedition,
69

conflict with Kozuh,
88
–
89

desire to explore,
6
–
7
,
8

development of survival skills,
7

discovers headwaters of Again River,
209

discovery of unnamed river,
154
–
56

elected as Fellow of RCGS,
280

fascination with Again River,
249
–
50

feeling of accomplishment,
232
–
33

financial challenges facing,
67

finds headwaters of unnamed river,
160

firelighting/building skills,
81
,
110
,
112

friendship with Kozuh,
114
–
15

goals in finding Again River,
27
–
28

illness,
101
,
124
,
169

injuries sustained,
57
,
79
–
80
,
82
,
123
,
136
,
230

love of exploring and adventure,
59
,
213

media coverage of,
260
–
62
,
278

names river,
164

planning for second Again River trip,
250
–
51

prepares to continue 2012 expedition alone,
126

previous solo wilderness trips,
133

safety measures,
220
–
21

searches for replacement for Wes,
59
–
60

supplies for 2012 expedition,
69
–
70
,
76
–
77

views on hunting,
113
–
14

Shoalts, Ben,
7
,
260

Sinclair (retired trapper),
245
–
46

Society of Canadian Ornithologists,
83

Speke, John Hanning,
160
,
266

spirit bear,
181

spruce tea,
111

Stancomb-Wills, Janet,
259

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton,
67
–
68
,
129

strip-mining,
43

Sutton Gorge,
80

Sutton Lake,
76
,
83
,
85

Sutton Ridges,
74
,
80

Sutton River,
76
,
94
,
97
,
99
–
100
,
115
,
134

Swampy Cree,
97
–
98

T

Tamarack Creek (unnamed river),
197
–
98

Terry, Thomas,
23

Thomas (friend of Mark and Tyler),
243
,
244

Thompson, David,
178
–
79

Tibet,
54

Trudeau, Pierre,
25
,
235

tundra,
113
,
115

Tyler (Moose Cree First Nation),
236
–
37
,
239
,
240
–
44

U

Umfreville, Edward,
147

Ungava Peninsula (Quebec),
13

W

Wallace, Dillon,
98
–
99

Washow Lodge,
234
,
235
,
241

waterfalls.
See also
Again River

on Again River,
216
–
18
,
220
,
222
–
23
,
228
,
229
,
232
,
249
–
50
,
251
–
52
,
255
,
257
,
273
–
74

classification of,
273

deaths in,
269
–
70

measuring,
272
,
273

weapons,
62
–
63
,
78

weather

on Aquatuk expedition,
154

on James Bay,
236
,
237
,
239
–
40

on Otoskwin River expedition,
147

on 2012 expedition,
79
,
80
,
108
–
9
,
120
–
21
,
122
,
123
–
24
,
127
,
135
,
140
–
41
,
173
,
192
,
207
,
210
,
215

on 2013 expedition,
267
,
270

on unnamed river venture (2011),
155
–
56
,
160
,
166

wendigo (Witiko),
147
,
151
–
54
,
161

Where the Red Fern Grows
(Rawls),
166

whimbrel,
167

wildlife

on Aquatuk River,
146

of Hudson Bay Lowlands,
19
,
51
,
72
,
99
,
113
,
167
–
69

on Kattawagami River,
197

on unnamed river (2011),
157
–
58

wolverine,
93
,
134
,
160

wolves,
93
,
133
,
148
–
49
,
269

Wright, J.V.,
18

Y

Younghusband, Sir Francis,
53
–
54
,
283

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