Across the Arctic Wild | 20-Days Through the Barren Grounds to the Arctic Ocean - E.3 - Low Water

[@SummitSeeker546]

Your nonchalant attitude toward the blackflies and too much water in the dehydrated meal is so typical of the guys I backpack with. All you can do is laugh and make the best of the situation. Love the drinking hot cocoa thru the mosquito mesh as it filters out the dead squitoes. Brilliant! You guys rock!

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Haha, thanks a lot man! Hope you’ve been getting up to some good treks this past summer. I’ll have to swing by your channel soon! You would love some of the back lakes I visited in the Yukon on my recent trip. Arctic char, Grayling and lake trout fishing

[@SummitSeeker546]

@@JimBairdAdventurer did 2 epic trips this season. A 10 day off trail trip into the Grand Canyon with a couple packraft floats and a 9 day off trail John Muir Wilderness trip. Here’s a short video on the Sierra trip to wet your whistle… kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2WZlmiMec-Cl6csi=GgyFbCMdWpyRKs_u

[@PRINCESSDREAMYLYN]

You had me laughing while you were talking about Ted having trouble getting through the rocks in the river and he goes floating past you... that was to funny. Thanks for sharing, Y'all did awesome. Such a beautiful place to share too.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

He def showed me up there! Haha. Glad you liked that. Ya, very beautiful place to say the least, beyond my expectations.

[@shaneclark207]

" I'll just brush that off and have a coffee". Good plan!!!! Good life advice, actually. 👊🏼👍🏼🤙🏼

[@longrider8265]

Oh my! The bugs would have made me doubt my sanity - you guys have great fortitude

[@williamleopold507]

You two are very brave souls , looks like a very difficult trip for sure . My husband and I ( seniors )are sitting here watching glad we are here and not there !! Enjoy your adventure guys , be safe . Thanks for sharing .

[@marianfrances4959]

😅

[@kccox3446]

❤❤❤😂when you were talking about how rough floating through the bolders was and how ít was going to be rough on Ted! Then he just floats by with ease😂😂😂 and you went oh! I Lost it❤❤❤❤😂😂😂 Love you two!!! Cant wait for more

[@GuillotineStare]

Ted casually ripppin through. ZERO effort! Lol😂

[@anthonypayne2526]

I was cracking up at that! 😂😂😂

[@amyburl3826]

That was funny 😆

[@marygordon3032]

I truly thank you for sharing all this great footage with us because it’ll never be the same without you guys being there! Keep on singing Jim. 👏👏👏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯😎😎😎

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks a lot and will do haha! Have a good one

[@charliefryer5184]

Sing all you want Jim, once in a lifetime audience for your tunes in the great north. Oh yea, we don't mind that much it's part of the adventure.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Haha, thanks a lot

[@borderprepper]

Amazing footage. Makes me feel like I'm in the canoe w/you. Great trip for you guys.

[@pacificbushcraftandfirecra6358]

Sooo buggy! That would drive me crazy! Bummer that the water isn't cooperating. Looking to the rest of this adventure! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@alancall5113]

What great Memories beautiful country. But you can definitely . have All of those bugs😮 Keep them coming

[@scottalpert3444]

The bugs and the low water levels would have done me in. It was amazing how you both tolerated the conditions.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks a lot, it was a little concerning but we know the river would gain volume as we got further down it.

[@bloodyeyeful]

Great show! I almost had to put my bug suit on just watching. TY. Many Blessings.

[@melonyrichards937]

I am loving this video. When you thought Ted was going to have a rough time and he casually canoed right past you. That was hilarious. Then when you were having your hot chocolate and having to sip it through your bug outfit. And you said it filters out the dead mosquitoes. I about spit out my sweet tea . Lmao . Thank you so much for all that you do to bring us awesome videos both of you. And thank you also for always making us Giggle . But them bugs. OMG . I couldn't do it.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks a lot! Glad you got a laugh out of those parts. The bigs weren’t the best haha, but they weren’t brutal all the time of course.

[@melonyrichards937]

@@JimBairdAdventurer your videos are always very professionally done with awesome scenery footage that I enjoy very very much. The giggles are just an extra bonus . Thank you

[@sherrierifenberg2199]

What an adventure for you two! Good night and sleep well! TY!

[@ralphwatten2426]

Nothing like stirring the morning coffee with the leg of a porta potty. Has to do something for the flavor doesn't it? What are all those little birds flying around there. Where's all the Grayling? Another great adventure video! Thanks Jim.

[@gregsoto2679]

Ted in Yukon pops up. Life stops. ❤

[@christinejenkins4698]

I love hearing the sound of the paddle dipping into the water. So mesmerizing. Thanks for all the great videos.

[@suseyq4559]

I saved tonight to have my date with the Baird bros. Love everything, including your content. Most amazing is your incredible narration. Thanks again!

[@kccox3446]

Right!!!Amy ❤❤ Dont we just Love these guys! What they go through to gives us these Amazing Adventures to dream about and enjoy from the comfort of our on space❤But I sure would Love to have one of those trout for Breakfest❤

[@EnjoyTheWild1]

Ted holding you down under water with his paddle to get that precious lure was hilarious. So far Ted's canoe is holding up! Enjoyed seeing you conquer all the challenges that are coming up, looking forward to Episode 4!

[@babsedotes9365]

Another excellent episode! Loved the underwater lure save too. Hard to believe the low water making running the rapids impossible and risky. You and Ted are adventurers extraordinaire for sure. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@johnbarrette2119]

Pro Tip: break tent poles down from the middle not the end -- reduces strain on elastic & extends pole life.

[@raymondcava4669]

Great video yes break those tent poles in the middle save on the bungee cord.

[@Barret-paddles]

Y’all are AMAZING! Thank you ❤

[@DaiFar]

Agreed with Ted, that Kirkland trail mix is the best

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

He attributes it there being peanut m&ms in it

[@gavinshirey6116]

The quality off this video and the amazing shots you got for these videos has been breathtaking! Truly an amazing series!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

The artic is such a beautiful place

[@chuckbeattyo]

great one! This channel is a relief to watch, just so real.

[@danbudd1046]

oh man oh man my wife and I are enjoying these episodes :) Thank you thank you

[@Mrjrose01]

Hey Jim, I really love your channel and have followed it for some time. Very surprised to see you burning plastic in a pristine area. I think you can pack that trash out without too much hassle, like putting it into "Smelly Proof" ziplocks, which should keep bears and other critters away. Even if the locals do burn trash in their villages, and yours gets incinerated there too, at least that prevents spreading pollution further afield.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

There is nothing can hold back the smell even to us. A polar bear can smell a seal under the ice from one mile away. Speeding air pollution Farther afield is a as you put it is a nice thought but it doesn’t make logical sense. For example, the dump in Iqaluit was on fire for two years straight and they coldly out it out, that smoke blew to Siberia. Sudbury’s super stack creates acid rain on Holland as we speak. This is what is commonly done on Arctic canoe trips and other adventures like this. Even the rules in Algonquin park are “no non combustibles” when it comes to bottles and cans. I’ve tried to keep garbage like yours staying, in a food barrel and it reeked by the end of the trip and was a hazard.

[@Mrjrose01]

@@JimBairdAdventurer Thanks Jim, I appreciate your response.

[@SonyaLargo-p4e]

Luv tat song, now you sang tat song, Coffee should be strong 😊

[@VandelayIndustriesLLC]

I really don't know how you guys handle the bugs (and to a lesser extent all the portages)...you are an inspiration to us all!

[@Runningoncoffee05]

Jim: "Ted's going to have alot of trouble coming through this" Ted, floating effortlessly past in the background: "Hold my beer"

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Haha

[@AdrianBoot]

"Any hoo" That's the Scots coming through again Jim. Keep it up and greetings from Scotland.

[@adrianlois6284]

Jim and Ted, how difficult it is to navigate through the Arctic, very complicated with so many rocks, that must exhaust them but it is still an adventure. Have a good trip 👍❤️🛶🛶🧭🌊🌬️

[@SeanB9]

Awesome video Jim. The editing of the waterfall with the music made me think i was watching a movie

[@dyannejohnson6184]

The aerial shots just add the cherry to the moment

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks a lot!

[@Judy-fi7ce]

What a slog thru all those rocks and low water. Twelve hours wow! You must've been exhausted. Looks like the fishing was good, as well as the weather. (but not the black flies) Great video! Always good to see one of your videos pop up.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks for checking it out. Ya, it was discouraging to have been trudging in for so long and yet have made it hardly any distance. Still, we were rewarded with that amazing campsite.

[@kimprocarione5473]

I hope it gets better! I'm so glad that you share these trips with us because there is no way I would be out in those bugs for fun! 😂😳 I had to laugh when Ted cruised right behind you when you were expressing your worry about him making it! 😂❤😂

[@Dansmithsoloventure]

Fantastic content again by the Baird team 👍

[@kccox3446]

Right! i went back and watched again this morning 😂 and he said oh Nice😂😂😂 cracking up i missed the Nice part 😂😂😂😂, befor the moment Ted free flowed past jim i was in seconds of worry of Teds boat and gear getting over bolders❤ Just Love these Brothers!!!❤

[@TheDisco672]

Awesome Jim and Ted!

[@jxlanders66]

Counting bugs is my favorite thing to watch-from my chesterfield that is.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Haha, yes, much better from there

[@michaelpuett6358]

Glad to see you out adventuring again!

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks a lot!

[@starbright47]

Hiya Jim & Ted, This was fun, so beautiful, informative, funny and exciting. I loved the stuff u both did together & of the Singing. Thank-you Both❣️

[@digdug1577]

What an epic journey, The river is so bony hopefully you get more water, and less black flies!

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

🤞

[@freelanceminddrift]

Bugs aside... Its a breath taking landscape. Mohsi choo.

[@jimboslice9472]

Another good1 as usual 👍🏽💯

[@anthonyeberling2291]

Great video.

[@jimfromm3981]

Love the collection of songs. I'm you are keeping the bears at bay. Even bears have singing standards.

[@elizabethmunroe3676]

Stunning weather. Love the demonstration of how to have a meal wearing a bugsuit. I've had many a meal under a rain poncho in the pouring rain while hiking in the Rockies, but dealing with the mesh is a whole different level!

[@johnhine8725]

I like the brotherly competition.

[@jonwo4518]

If you still have lures in two episodes I’d be surprised. Love the series like always.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks, no spoilers 🤐 lol 🎣

[@Ray-gf9su]

This is once again a fantastic video, well worth the wait to watch it!!! I am curious as to how Ted ended up with the collapsable canoe😂😂

[@JasonMcCann841]

Hard going for sure! Looking forward to the next one.

[@luluwan5212]

The micro this day was an unrelenting slog, but the macro was breathtakingly beautiful. The bugs were over the top!

[@JulieCrawford-l8r]

So funny about stirring the coffee!

[@gregss78ify]

Ha, I have found myself on a mission to retrieve a snagged lure in the water even though I knew better to cast. As always, nice singing.

[@davidrobertson606]

The first artic river we did was in late July it was like this river verly low. A few years later we did it again in early June water was high. We did one river out of Mckenzie Mountains in early September and water was like spring run off as it was snowing in the mountains and milting during the day. There were areas that were big rapids that during the summer would have been ripples. We used inflatable canoe and inflatable double sea kayak. The material was extreamly durable. We had no punctures and I atribuate it to the boats were flexable and rolled over the rocks. You are doing well. We hated the bugs.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Very cool. What river in the Mackenzie Mountains? Natala / Keel?

[@davidrobertson606]

@@JimBairdAdventurer Natala/Keel in September. We flipped once we wear wet suits and paddling jackets. Hope River water levels were low and Great Bear River was normal. We have been trying to do Slave River for 2 years but water levels have been low. We did Soper on Baffin twice. At low water you bump over a lot of bolders. At high water class 2 to almost class 3 rapids for short sections. Bugs were very friendly. We as you noted wind gets rid of bugs. Your presentation is very good. Like the cuts to food prep.

[@eurobo1773]

Tuffstuff expedition material is the bomb.

[@6speed636]

I've seen Ted rock the bug jacket several times. I don't recall seeing Jim wear one, though maybe my memory is failing me. But the bugs must have been absolutely atrocious for Jim to suit up! The rocks suck for canoeing, but that cold clear shallow water is some awesome scenery/fishing!!

[@nevermorethan4]

Seriously? You don't have plastic recycling in Canada?! Argh... That burning made me wince 😞

[@NorthernRetreat]

Love watching the flow of water. Great photography. 👍

[@Nothing0873]

Epic adventure!

[@donnamcleod522]

Beautiful scenery! Thanks for all the amazing drone footage!

[@greenman4508]

I remember twenty five or more years ago reading about traveling the Yukon and north from cliff jacobsons books. One I remember he was traveling with Gordon lightfoot. It’s so much more beautiful than I’d pictured reading. It sounds so barren, and I’m sure parts of it are, but it’s still incredible to look at.

[@eric09laura]

This video series is awesome.

[@badbluto]

Excellent adventure but the bugs are beyond a nightmare.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

They are bad in the Arctic barren grounds. Some days, they are among the worst we’ve ever seen however over all they weren’t as bad as some places

[@Karen-dq8nw]

I laughed so hard watching you sip hot chocolate through your net! I'll be sure to try that some time (here in Alaska).

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Hey, it worked! Haha, filtered int the bugs too.

[@dyannejohnson6184]

The Rocky rapidly areas are tough but…those falls and tight channel are tough but breath taking

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

They sure are! Very beautiful country

[@Craigskitchen360]

Thanks!

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Nice! Enjoy the Saldana fishing. Booking like if!.

[@Craigskitchen360]

@@JimBairdAdventurer Salmon fishin?

[@RomeoEdward]

Eating and drinking with the bug jacket on is something I haven't seen before

[@RkH1st]

Nice one guys, thanks.

[@klrecords]

What a series

[@AdventuresoftheLandNorth]

What we do to get a lure back. I bet Ted felt “bad” holding you under the water😂. Another great episode as usual.

[@maukamaki]

great vid!

[@SL-ye4ur]

Too funny you're talking about Ted getting stuck and then he goes right by😂😂

[@MaineUSA]

Two cool dudes 👍🏻

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks a lot

[@sweettony9359]

Man, lookit them bugs. No way, Jose. Back in my dipping days we used to spit right through our headnets. Young and dumb but they were good times.

[@yuuzyerbrejn9603]

Oof, I'M exhausted from that one! Tough journey's make for great Type2 fun, so I imagine you very much enjoyed the editing of this episode.

[@plotholedetective4166]

You could repack your food in disposable Ziploc paper bags. I didn't know there was sealable paper bags until a few weeks ago but the ones I bought held up to the task of a weekend.

[@Tropicalrg]

We got ted or jim. I like them both.😮😅

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

👍👍

[@kjames8299]

Last winter was real dry here too.Contiued thru summer.

[@seamarsh3756]

that's a mighty big daredevil jim!

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Would rather have had a spoon with a Five of Diamonds pattern that big as it’s better for lake trout but I didn’t have time to source one and that’s all they had in the way of massive spoons at the local bait and tackle store.

[@Craigskitchen360]

Bummer about the fishing gear! Down here in Oregon we’re in full fall salmon season. I missed all fishing this season cause my back got injured! Next year! Maybe I’ll be with U guys and cook for ya and talk about the camping food trend!!😅

[@ivanoutdoors]

Sweet Trip, I have a packbaot canoe and it can slide over rocks, Not sure about that brand Ted was paddling. But it Cliff Jacobson raves about them.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

It turns out it can slide over them pretty well. I think packboat was essentially modeled after Alley

[@ivanoutdoors]

@@JimBairdAdventurer I think you’re right. I have only had my pack boat out a couple of times since I got it this year, but I’m pretty impressed with it. Looking forward to the rest of the series, man you’ve been an inspiration for me and my channel.

[@joycewilcox6404]

Thanks for sharing your amazing videos, what a challenge so far. Incredible drive from you and your brother when thing suck!!

[@darrenbooker8144]

Everyone reckons Australia is bad for bugs, those blackflies would drive the most fair dinkum Aussie to the brink😅 good stuff mate👍👍

[@GAR85120514]

Cheers

[@Tropicalrg]

Ole Teddy missed his chance with that paddle.😮

[@michaellejkowski6452]

I throughly enjoy your videos but the songs were great

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Niiice! Haha. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ttvdizturb3d]

that had me dying laughing when you said you were worried about ted and he came bombing down the rapids LMAO!!!

[@CarnivoreStork]

Baird Brothers tackle the long boulder Slog. Thankfully, no griz or polar bears in sight!

[@CanadianSledDog]

I dunno about Ted the legend but I'd be so nervous with that pack boat! I suppose it's nothing a whole roll of gorilla clear repair tape won't fix... That stuff can be applied underwater apparently.

[@tammyjboudreaux2836]

i'm curious: how do you determine which fish to keep and why you let the other ones go? They all look fantastic to me. I've learned so much from watching your adventures!

[@Wakis85]

I like to bring some instant potatoes to add to my meal if it’s too soupy!

[@janevalentine6391]

No Jim, I'm going to have nightmares about black flies, lol. I'm curious why you don't use mosquito repellent? Beautiful trip though...what an amazing place.

[@fathertomoutdoors6579]

Holy moly. Those bugs. I know you mentioned a paste you use. What is it? And what is the brand of the folding canoe? Looks decent.

[@JimBairdAdventurer]

Thanks, ya the Muskol 30% Deet Lotion is good. The folding canoe is by Alley.

[@dchiuppi91]

When are you coming up to northern BC ? We haven endless fishing and beautiful lakes and rivers to check out. You wont regret it

[@lindapetersen1800]

1 slap & You got meat for hamburger for you haha giggle !!! Those bugs must of been big this time !!! Got Your yearly bath in here I see but that spoon was worth it for you !!! Glad you got it back there are a lot of rocks there !!! 930 pm Hey Jimbo ??? Those rocks are something there !!!