Some nasty history re the Island. The Canadian govt ‘removed’ some Inuit from another area and forced them to live on Ellesmere, as part of a ‘staking a land claim strategy’ vis a vis Norway. The Inuit were totally unprepared for the tough conditions and died within 2 years…..

A walk ashore off Grise Fjord today….we saw a little lemming….they are hardy !! animals living below the ice for months on end before they surface in the summer melt. 0 degrees with wind chill! Very barren terrain with lots of rocks to clamber over, testing one’s balance and giving the legs, particularly knees, a good work out. 

We passed the Willcox glacier on our way to Philpots Island.

‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ our entertainment tonight.