26,130*

Full disclosure of kilometres traveled by Our Writer in the duty of Honest Research.

by Jared Bland and Paul Isaacs

Additional online content for the November 2007:
The Arctic
issue

An itinerary of Franklyn Griffiths’s travels while researching his Walrus feature, “Camels in the Arctic?”.

Leg One: Toronto to Nain to Toronto


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Date
Starts
Ends
Cumulative
Distance (km)
April 30
Toronto
Halifax
1,270
Halifax
Goose Bay
2,260
May 1
Goose Bay
Nain
2,636
May 4
Nain
Goose Bay
3,012
Goose Bay
Halifax
4,002
Halfax
Toronto
5,272


Leg Two: Toronto to Arctic Bay to Toronto


Date
Starts
Ends
Cumulative
Distance (km)
May 9
Toronto
Montreal
502
Montreal
Iqaluit
2,558
May 11
Iqaluit
Nanisivik
3,773
Nanisivik
Arctic Bay
3,792
May 14
Arctic Bay
Nanisivik
3,811
Nanisivik
Iqaluit
5,026
Iqaluit
Iglooik
5,880
May 14
Iglooik
Ottawa
8,568
Ottawa
Toronto
8,919


Leg Three: Toronto to Inuvik to Toronto


Date
Starts
Ends
Cumulative
Distance (km)
May 24
Toronto
Edmonton
2,712
Edmonto
Yellowknife
3,705
May 25
Yelloknife
Inuvik
4,816
Inuvik
Tuktoyaktuk
4,941
May 28
Tuktoyaktuk
Inuvik
5,076
Inuvik
Sachs Harbour
5,589
May 31
Sachs Harbour
Inuvik
6,102
June 1
Inuvik
Yellowknife
8,233
June 2
Yellowknife
Edmonton
9,227
Edmonton
Toronto
11,939

GRAND TOTAL TRAVELED = 26,130km
Distances calculated using Google Maps.
* Approximately.

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