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Rita Marett & Sandra Hannah

During our 2007 season, we were pleased to accommodate Canadian clients Rita Marett & Sandra Hannah during two weeks of our 'Dance with Caribou' trips.

Now living in Burlington, Ontario; Rita recently retired from The Rabat American School in Morocco. Before that, she worked as either a librarian or a principal including at the Shanghai American School in China, the Columbus School in Colombia, and the Halton Board in Ontario for 20 years.

Sandra Hannah lives at White Lake, Ontario - and recently retired as a high school biology teacher in Kingston Ontario, where she worked for nearly 30 years. She has traveled all of the world, and lived in Australia for a few years.

Sandra & Rita have been on group canoeing and camping trips together before, and decided to travel together to the Far North in 2007.

Sandra & Rita having lunch while on a tundra exploratory boat trip - Whitefish Lake / photo by tundra tom

 

Rita supplied the words and Sandra the photos - and the following is a summary of what their recent experiences on the Thelon barrenlands were like with Great Canadian Wilderness:

 

Bull barrenground caribou near the camp yard in  an autumn colour backdrop

 

"Dancing with Caribous" is a magical journey along the path of caribou, muskoxen, Native People and explorers."

 

 

 

"We arrived for our eco-adventure in the deep green of late summer at the end of August, then watched daily as the tundra transformed into deep reds and bright yellows against the blue background of water and sky."

Autumn colours on the barrens along Whitefish Lake - upper Thelon basin

Aurora emulates over a lit sleeping Quonset at the camp

"At night we were dazzled by the purples and greens of the Aurora Borealis."

 

 

By the end of our two weeks, chilly nights were creating a sombre landscape that foretold the long winter ahead.

Great Canadian wildilfe camp at dusk

 

Musk-oxen bulls check us out not far behind camp

"We were rewarded by our encounters with caribou, musk oxen, and northern birds but also enjoyed exploring the archaeological sites, waterways, eskers, and the wide open spaces."

 

 

"One moment we would marvel at the expanse and vast beauty of the tundra and then get down on our knees to appreciate the perfection of a plant only a few centimetres tall"

Watching for caribou for the camp esker on the upper Thelon

 

Tundra Tom does a historical 'reading' in the new lodge

 

"The main building had an excellent library of books with common themes- the beauty and diversity of this fragile ecology, its environmental importance, and the passion it creates in the people who venture there."

- Rita Marett & Sandra Hannah

 

 

Sandra, Rita and fellow guests lunching in the new lodge during 'Dance with Caribou' 2007 / photo by tundra tom
Sandra, Rita and fellow guests lunching in the new lodge during 'Dance with Caribou' 2007

 

 

Click here to learn more about the 'Dance with Caribou'
trip on which Rita Marett & Sandra Hannah participated

 

 

 

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