Baffin Expedition Log - by Shelagh Rogers

I have just boarded AC flight 1185 (check) for Ottawa, the beginning of
this adventure.  It is a sunny, spring like day in Vancouver and I look
completely inappropriate for the balmy day this is.  I am wearing
pants, a long sleeved tee shirt, a hoodie, thick socks and hiking
boots...some of my heaviest clothes. There is a weight restriction of
20kg for our luggage. And I have been obsessed with this as I packed on
the weekend. I weighed everything I am taking on a kitchen scale and I
save a whole kilogram and a half by wearing the heavy stuff, but man,
it's warm.  As I sit here in Seat 13C, I notice a young woman
struggling with her luggage. She is also not dressed for the weather of
the day. Perhaps she, too, is heading to the Arctic.

 To read more of Shelagh's log please click here.

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