October 21st, 2009 | By Nora Sawyer | Filed in ACTIVITIES, AK PRODUCTS & SERVICES

It's even prettier when you've got a warm tent and a hot meal waiting for you.

This episode is more than a year old, but I had fun reading about Survivorman’s stay on Pond Inlet back in 2008. It really gives you a sense of the difficulties inherent in surviving the Arctic wilderness alone:

Although the rain stopped the wind has increased and I am stuck – pinned down on an exposed point using some old crate plywood for a shelter. The polar bears are on the land now and I have to keep a sharp eye out for them. So far I have only seen arctic wolf tracks on this location, no bear tracks. For protection I have a shot gun, a bear banger pistol and bear spray. The arctic char are here along the coast and I can see them in the water. Yet even though I’m lucky enough to have fishing tackle, I am not getting any hits at all. Of course it is so windy that the lure just blows back in my face when I try to cast out into the ocean anyway.

My only supplies are a CB radio, fishing tackle and a handful of whale blubber.

I have to make up my mind on whether or not to stay where I am or relocate further inland – closer to bears but out of the wind.

We take great care to ensure that we’ve got the gear, supplies, and experts neccesary to run our expeditions at the highest level of comfort possible. As you can see, the ‘low frills’ version can get pretty hairy!

Tags: arctic expedition, arctic expeditions, lancaster sound, Pond Inlet, survivorman