Matt pulls his sled with gear away from the waters edge and toward a relatively protected area. It was seriously windy. We estimated 40 mph winds in this section of the open river.
If pulling a sled wasn't enough. How about a canoe? Anthony tows a canoe across the snow and ice in true mountaineering fashion.
After repacking our gear and strapping it down we headed toward Pt. Rothsay where we would park the canoe for 16 days while we played up river. Not knowing what those 16 days would bring, we wanted to have some sort of transportation just in case the ice broke up and we had to cross sections of open water. The wind would blow the canoe around and throw Anthony off balance. It looked like quite a struggle. I was glad I didn't volunteer to lug the canoe across the ice.
Self portrait. Note the snow blowing in the wind in the background. Little did we know at that time that "Wind" would become the theme of the trip.
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