Unexplored Territory: Hudson Bay Lowlands Expedition 2011 

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The Hudson Bay Lowlands Expedition has been officially endorsed and sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a venerable organization founded in 1929 by the great explorer Charles Camsell. Adam Shoalts will lead the expedition, and is joined by his friend and fellow explorer Brent Kozuh for an historic adventure that will see the pair embark on a journey to explore the world's third largest wetland----the little known and largely unexplored Hudson Bay Lowlands. The lowlands cover a vast area, larger than the United Kingdom, but aside from a few tiny First Nation communities are virtually uninhabited and remain a near pristine wilderness, the home of caribou, polar bears, moose, wolverines, wolves, bald eagles, and many other species, including in the offshore waters seals, walrus, and beluga whales. This vast wilderness was largely passed over by earlier explorers, indeed, much of it was not even mapped until as late as the mid-20th century. However, most of that mapping took place from high above in airplanes using aerial photography, meaning much of the land itself remains unexplored. Indeed, this is the first expedition the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has ever sponsored to Ontario's Far North----truly one of the most obscure and least explored places on the planet.

The main objective of the expedition is to explore a nameless river roughly 100 kilometres long that no recorded expedition has explored before. In addition, the expedition will explore various unnamed creeks, some of which no living person has likely seen before, and record the flora and fauna encountered. In recent years, new species previously unrecorded in Ontario have been found in the lowlands. The expedition will produce a book, documentary, photos, maps, and sketches about the areas explored. Read more about the expedition at the RCGS' website.

Watch the video below to learn more about this expedition:

Adam Shoalts

Brent Kozuh