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This page is a photo journal of our trip to Northern Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, in September 2003, in search of Platysiphon and Platyarcticus, two brown algae endemic to the Arctic
With not too much to do during the evenings and plenty of light before the sun finally set, Gary and Chris decided that hiking the mountains around the Inlet would be a good way to kill time and keep warm.  
The first day's climb was up the left side of the mountain above. The height gave a good view of our dive site.  
While the dive site was only on the other side of a peninsula, the pack ice made the trip a little tricky on more than one occasion.  
The view of Z Inlet was incredible from here and the climb hadn't been that high. Camp was on the tip of the land on the left which was one side of the channel leading out of the bay.  
The second day of hiking was a little more ambitious. It was time try a challenge and scale the biggest thing that could be found.  
Shaitie took Gary and Chris to the other side of the inlet by boat and after clamoring over lose cobble almost two hours, they were rewarded with a spectacular panoramic view.  
It was easy to look down on the peak which had been reached the day before. Z Inlet ends on the right, and our dive site can be seen on the left behind a abandoned airstrip.  
A few quick pictures and it was time to head back before the sun got too low.  
The rescue party arrives.  
Back at camp it was time for dinner.