Mark Schoening and Doug Devries: the Great Arctic Air Adventure January 20, 2011

Seattle pilots, Mark and Doug, attempted to circumnavigate Canada via the famed Northwest Passage described as "the last imaginary place." The relatively inaccessible Arctic remains an unyielding enigma. This is a place of no roads, no arable land, and no wood where careful planning of fuel supplies was required for surviving on their two thirsty Beaver seaplanes. From the sky, they observed a mosaic of lakes and rolling tundra, and once down, their craft became a boat, gliding to the shore where they set up a nightly camp. This is where they experienced the other Arctic teaming with life against impossible odds.