Alone Across the Arctic

Yes, it's a rare person to handle the loneliness and physicality and sacrifice to carry two heavy packs and pull/paddle/pole/portage a canoe over challenging terrain for thousands of miles while battling mosquitoes & large biting flies, and the weather, and the unknown of predators. On the other hand the GoPro camera seldom showed the awesomeness of the journey's beauties; mostly we see close ups of our traveler. But then, too, handling a camera while handling everything else is asking a lot. Would have been interesting to know what percentage of the journey was paddling up; paddling down; paddling flat; poling & sail enhanced. What percentage was portaging between water sources. I have no problem with the plane drop of supplies, but outside of a couple of eating berries I didn't see any serious food gathering. Also, I don't think he should be critical, without knowing why, other travelers left their gear.

A young man has his grand adventure. Driving north from Dawson City (Yukon) with a film crew, he starts walking at the Arctic Circle. Arriving at a river, he boards his canoe and off he goes .

Meeting the bugs, biters and wildlife of the region. He traverses lakes, marshes and white water, like the Inuit. At Day 57, he is resupplied by float plane at Coppermine River, Nunavut. After 100+ days, he arrived at bustling Baker Lake in southern Nunavut.

Interesting enough. But, we don't get to see much of the landscape. No panoramas because he's travelling at water level. It is an arduous and dangerous journey, exposed all the way to the elements.

It would have helped if he had provided a detailed map of his route, with the highlights.

This documentary on a solo adventure across the Canadian arctic was amazing. From the scenery, to the commentary, to the adversity, to the perseverance, it was great from start to finish.

What a waste of a good subject. This is what happens when amateur filmmakers grab cameras and just shoot whatever they see. Just terrible quality - looks like a youtube video from 2003 - if that!

Having a tremendous interest in this type of quest, I was pretty disappointed. It seems this guy had more interest in letting the world know about his nasty sock fetish than his journey. We don't need close ups of your nasty socks, nor your enjoyment of the smell. He even went so far to let us know "this dirty laundry bag that I use as a pillow, has dirty socks in it. I lay my head on dirty socks". Yea, we get it, you have a gross fetish. 19 minutes in and we got multiple dirty sock conversations and close ups of his feet. Gross.