Join us by Zoom on January 20 at 6:30 to join wilderness adventurer Marlis Butcher as she “takes us with her” into the high Arctic. Qausuittuq, located on Bathurst Island, is one of Canada's most remote national parks. It's first visitors? Marlis and her teammates.
Marlis Butcher is an environmental conservationist, writer, and photographer. She is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and of The Explorers Club, an international organization promoting field exploration. She has visited or "bagged" all 47 Canadian National Parks and written a book about her adventures, Park Bagger: Adventures in the Canadian National Parks.
Hear what it was like to stand alone on the silent tundra, so quiet that Marlis could hear herself breathe. Learn why she learned to use a shotgun and fenced their camp with tripwire security. See her phenomenal photographs of Peary caribou, one of the world's endangered species, as they foraged in front of her when she stepped off the plane. Discover, as she did, the vast barren landscape of Bathurst Island, where the sun doesn't rise in the summer because it never sets. Marlis' slide show presentation is sure to leave you with a sense of adventure and new appreciation for the beauty in Canada's northern National Parks.
Learn more on her website: https://canadianparkbagger.com/
Members of the public are warmly invited to attend. Please send an e-mail to cfuwperthanddistrict@gmail.com to request the registration link.
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