Alone Against the North (33 page)

author's desire to explore,
47
–
49
,
51
,
187
,
188
–
89

author's discovery on map,
23

author's goals in finding,
27
–
28

author's research on,
24
–
27

beauty of,
224

character of,
214
–
15
,
232

claims about,
279
–
80

as destination,
31

discovery of headwaters,
209

elusiveness of,
43
–
44
,
50

first attempts to reach,
29
–
38

funding for 2013 expedition,
252
,
258
,
259

hold on author,
249

location of,
27

origins of name,
253
,
254

planning for 2013 expedition,
250
–
51

portaging on 2012 expedition,
199
–
202
,
207
–
8
,
225
–
26
,
229
–
31

portaging on 2013 expedition,
268

preparations for 2012 expedition,
189
–
90

Sinclair's comments on,
246

water levels in 2012 expedition,
193
–
94
,
197

water levels in 2013 expedition,
270

Albany River,
27

Algonquin Park,
58

Allouez, Claude-Jean,
177

Amazon rainforest,
51
,
56
–
57

Amazon River,
156

Antarctic,
15
,
68
,
114
,
125
–
26
,
168

Aquatuk River,
134
,
142
–
43
,
146
,
154

Arctic,
282
–
83

Arctic Circle,
282

Attawapiskat River,
73

Avalon
(canoe),
159
,
193
,
257
–
58
,
270
,
278

B

bald eagle, significance of dead,
149

bald eagle nest,
83

Ballantyne, R.M.,
74

Bateman, Robert,
13

Bayly, Charles,
103
–
4

bear deterrents,
35
–
36
,
193

bears.
See
black bears; grizzly bears; Kermode bear; polar bears; spirit bear

beavers,
41
,
157
–
58
,
198
,
210
,
215

Bella Coola,
181
–
82

Berger, Jonathan,
23

Bigfoot.
See
sasquatch

Bird, Louis,
151
,
154

black bears,
30
,
36
,
93
,
106
,
136
,
137
,
139
–
40
,
170
–
71
,
181
,
193
,
195
,
245

Bostock, H.H.,
142

Brant River,
65
,
66
,
94

Brill, Chuck,
287

Burton, Sir Richard,
47
,
157
,
266

C

Cabot, John,
10

Camsell, Charles,
52
,
212

Canada

early population of,
14
–
16

exploration of,
10
,
13
,
16
–
17

population density of north,
9

surveying of north,
10
–
11

Canada AM
(TV show),
262

Canadian Geographic
(magazine),
51
,
52
,
54
,
56
,
177
,
188
,
282

Canadian Hunter's Handbook
(Knap),
116

Canoe Atlas of the Little North
(Berger and Thomas),
24

Canoeing North into the Unknown
(Hodgins and Hoyle),
23
,
233

canoe(s)

accidents with,
216
–
17
,
270
–
71
,
272

Avalon,
159
,
193
,
257
–
58
,
270
,
278

birchbark,
55
,
270

canvas,
270

cedar strip,
33
,
38
–
39

damaged,
39
,
219
–
20
,
221

fibreglass,
35
,
38
,
39
,
44
–
45

repairs and alterations to,
257
–
58

seaworthiness of,
235
–
36

sturdiness of,
159

for 2012 expedition,
76
–
77

for 2013 expedition,
193

unsuitability for Arctic use,
282
–
83

caribou encounter,
100
–
101

Champlain, Samuel de,
10

Chookomolin family,
76

Clark, William,
182

Columbus, Christopher,
47
,
67
,
206

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur,
48

Conrad, Joseph,
6

Corner River,
246

Corrigal, William,
234

Cree, northern,
76

Cree, Swampy,
97
–
98

Crowe, Wesley,
87
,
89

author's preference for in expedition,
123
,
256

considers new expedition,
188

family camping trip with author,
278

help with 2012 expedition,
69

high school antics,
115

inability to undertake new expedition,
48
–
50
,
57
–
58
,
66
,
189

short expeditions with author,
51
–
52
,
260

and supernatural tales,
147
,
148
–
49
,
150
–
51

and 2012 expedition,
55

unknown river expedition,
34
–
42
,
44
–
45
,
199
,
207

Cruikshank, Derek,
30

Cruikshank, Zanna Marie,
30

D

Darrell, Hubert,
266

De Beers,
73

Discovery
(ship),
102

Discovery Channel,
8

Dowling, D.B.,
76
,
80
,
97
,
122
,
142

E

El Dorado
(ship),
238

Elson, George,
13
,
98
–
99

Endurance
(ship),
125

Eskimo curlew,
27
–
28

exploration

by aboriginal people,
12
–
13

of Canada,
10
,
16
–
17

and failure,
47

financial challenges of,
67
–
69

of Hudson Bay Lowlands,
18
–
19

lifestyle,
265

process of,
12

F

Fawcett, Percy,
68
,
69
,
266

Florida Everglades,
51
–
52

food

in emergency,
111

fishing,
92
,
107
–
8

storage of on expeditions,
106
–
7

for 2011 expedition,
69

wild berries,
136

forest fires,
67
,
192
,
195
–
96

Forgey, William “Doc,”
211
–
12

Foxe, Luke,
122

Franklin, Sir John,
114
,
129

G

Geographical Names Board of Canada,
164
,
259

Geographical Names Data Base,
24

Geological Notes on Aquatuk River Map-Area
(Bostock),
142

Geological Survey of Canada,
10
–
11
,
25

Glass, Hugh,
131
–
33

Globalstar Communications,
258

goshawk,
163
–
64

Great Bear Rainforest,
180
–
81

Grey Owl,
147
,
203
–
4

grizzly bears,
132
,
178
,
179
,
181
,
186
–
87

Guardian, The
(newspaper),
260

Guinard, Joseph,
152

H

Hallowell, Alfred Irving,
151

Harricanaw River,
25
,
232
,
233
,
234
,
274
,
276

Hawley, James Edwin,
72
,
73
,
142

Hawley Lake,
72
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
77
,
83
,
85

Hearne, Samuel,
129

Heart of a Continent, The
(Younghusband),
54

Hedin, Sven,
165

Hennepin, Louis,
251

Heyerdahl, Thor,
182

Hobbes, Thomas,
104

Hodgins, Bruce,
23

Hopper Creek,
30
–
31
,
33
,
35

Hoyle, Gwyneth,
23

Hubbard, Leonidas,
98
–
99

Hubbard, Mina,
99

Hudson, Henry,
102
–
3

Hudson Bay

challenges of crossing,
1
–
2
,
121
,
122

dangers of,
116
,
120

early explorers in,
102
–
3

expedition arrival at,
120

fur trade and,
19

geography of coast,
122

as part of 2012 expedition route,
94

rivers in watershed,
22
,
97

Hudson Bay Lowlands

and Again River,
27

Again River in,
27

arrival of Europeans,
18
–
19

and early explorers,
102
–
4

exploration of,
18
–
19
,
73

fauna of,
19
,
51
,
72
,
99
,
113
,
167
–
69

flora of,
19
,
20
,
72
,
99
,
156
,
195
,
201
–
2

geography of,
18

insects in,
19
,
75
–
76
,
81
,
82
,
83
–
84
,
101
,
104
,
137
,
145
,
272

landscape of,
72
,
74
–
75
,
145
,
202

tundra in,
113
,
115

Hudson's Bay Company,
233
–
34
,
247

Hunt, William (the Great Farini),
212
–
13

hypothermia,
1
,
4
,
93
,
102
,
109
,
110
,
135
,
165

I

Inuit,
282
–
83

Isham, James,
84

J

Jacobson, Cliff,
117
–
18
,
140

jaeger,
167

James Bay,
237
–
45

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

Jenness, Diamond,
15
,
97
–
98

Johnston, David,
281

K

Kane, Paul,
180

Kattawagami River,
29
–
31
,
33
,
35
,
37
,
197
,
198
,
267

Keltie, Sir John,
68
–
69

Kermode bear,
181

King, Shirley,
253
–
56

Knap, Jerome,
116

Kobalenko, Jerry,
118
–
19

Kozuh, Brent

agrees to alternative plan (2012),
94

athletic abilities,
60
,
61
–
62

author's hopes for change of mind,
97

background,
60
–
61

character and personality,
61
–
62
,
64
,
78
,
81
–
82
,
105
,
115

clothing for 2012 expedition,
69

concerns about portaging,
87
–
88

conditions set by,
66

desire to quit expedition,
1
–
5
,
88
–
89
,
91
,
123