The arch of flags of every country we visited hung over the five bicycles as we ceremonially dipped their front wheels in the MacKenzie River. In the winter the Ice road to Tuktoyuktuk and Aklavik starts here.
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Flying a small kite with all the flags of the countries visited flying off the tail on the shores of the MacKenzie Delta.
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Tania and Maria dipping their toes in the MacKenzie in a much more civilized way.
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New career in syncro swimming?
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Ok thats enough
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Feels exactly like the Polar Bear swim on Jan 01
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Mael are you coming or what?
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This is going to be cold!!!
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Are we really doing this?
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Conference call.
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Checking out the water
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Gwendal describing each flag to the camera as he prepares to fly them with a kite.
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This is It, the entrance to Inuvik at the end of the Dempster Highway.
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Gwendal's Birthday (wishing for a haircut no?)
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The draughting road train to Inuvik. The entire last day was a cold northerly wind.
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A pretty *(*^%$ eating grin by Gwendal just a few hours before getting to Inuvik.
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Just a few hours to go.... Armel is a happy guy.
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Mael only a few hours before arriving in Inuvik.
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Tania only a few hours before arrival in Inuvik. Note the two tuques on!
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Maria and Marcel goofing around with Gwendal giving him a taste of their fine lunch cooking. On the last day of riding
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Armel being shown how to prepare a whitefish for drying in the smoke house by Alice Andre in Tsiigehtchic.
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Noel Andre giving us a tour of his smoke house in Tsiighetchic. He generally catches more Incconus in the early summer and more whitefish in the late summer fall.
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Alice Andre in Tsiighetchic with all her whitefish cleaned and ready to prepare for smoking. The Andres are amazing elders, full of stories, information, patience for crazy curious cyclists and fantastic hospitality.
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Just after passing the last mountain pass in the Richardsons. Mael noticed a funny wobble in his back wheel.
A little inspection revealed that the right hand chainstays had sheared right next to the dropouts. Fortunately we were very close to a road work camp and a welder willing to help.
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