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Here we are for the 9th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge in the beautiful village of Inukjuak!

Activites will be posted everyday on facebook.

Videos of the week Day 1 - Day 2

Nunavik Adventure Challenge Inukjuak Race Results here

September 17th

Today is Race Day. In order to complete the course, the racers have to do Mountain Bike, Kayak, trekking and they even have to go on a Zipline over the water!

Getting ready for the start ! © Pauline Decroix 2011

A surprise Zipline on the race course! © Pauline Decroix 2011

Running section © Pauline Decroix 2011

Paddling hard to keep the lead! © Pauline Decroix 2011

Running toward the Zipline! © Pauline Decroix 2011

September 16th

The activities for the day were Biking, Climbing and Kayaking.

September 15th

As the weather was so beautiful today, it was decided to organise an extra bike activity on top of the planned activities wich were kayak, ropes and skateboard.

Bike session in Inukjuak © Pauline Decroix 2011

Paulusie Sakiagak giving advices before going on the water © Pauline Decroix 2011

Paulusie Inukpuk in a traditionnal design kayak made in Inukjuak © Pauline Decroix 2011

Rope session in Inukjuak © Pauline Decroix 2011

September 14th

Today is kayak, skateboard and mountain bike. The evening session will be ropes at the gym.

Kayak session in Inukjuak © Pauline Decroix 2011

Kayak session in Inukjuak © Pauline Decroix 2011

Just like a plane! © Pauline Decroix 2011

Having fun with the skateboards © Pauline Decroix 2011

September 13th

To start the first day, there was Mountain bike sessions and climbing sessions.

Bike session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Bike session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Bike session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Rope session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Rope session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Here we are for a 8th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge in the beautiful village of Salluit!

Videos of the week: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3/1 - Day 3/2

Race day will be Friday Sept. 19th.
Registration in Pigiurvik School from 9h00 to 9h45.
There will be an award ceremonie and food for the racers in the school gym at 6H00 p.m.

August 18th

Today is biking, kayaking, skateboard and climbing.

Bike session © Mathieu Couture 2011

Skateboard session © Mathieu Couture 2011

Bike session © Mathieu Couture 2011

Kayak session © Mathieu Couture 2011

Kayak session © Mathieu Couture 2011

August 17th

Today is Kayak, Climbing and mountain biking.

Climbing session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Climbing session © Pauline Decroix 2011

August 16th

Today there was Mountain Biking, Kayaking and a Zipline.

Getting ready to go © Pauline Decroix 2011

Kayak session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Zipline over the river in Salluit © Pauline Decroix 2011

Sandy Jaaka and Matthew Niviaxi working on the zipline © Pauline Decroix 2011

August 15th

For the first day, there was bike, skateboard and ropes activities organised.

Bike session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Bike session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Skateboard session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Skateboard session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Rope session © Pauline Decroix 2011

Rope session © Pauline Decroix 2011

June 14th

For today, there was climbing training in the morning and community bike training. In the afternoon, the training partipants had to organise a climbning session for the community and it went really well. There was also a bike activity open to the community in the afternoon.

Morning session on the cliffs © Pauline Decroix 2011

Seting up the community activity © Pauline Decroix 2011

Having fun on the ropes! © Pauline Decroix 2011

Community activity © Pauline Decroix 2011

Mountain biking around Umiujaq © Pauline Decroix 2011

June 13 2011

This week is happening a N.A.C. Ropes clinic in Umiujaq with participants coming from all around Nunavik.

There will also be some mountain bike activities for all the Umiujaq community members.

Here's some photos of the first day

© Pauline Decroix 2011

© Pauline Decroix 2011

© Pauline Decroix 2011

© Pauline Decroix 2011

Here we are for a 7th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge in Ivujivik!

Photos now on line!

Week schedule

Race Results

Videos of the week 1 - 2 - 3 - Race

April 23 2011

Getting ready to start © Pauline Decroix

Snowshoe section overlooking the bay! © Pauline Decroix

Race Day!

Today is Race Day. 20 teams are racing in the 7th Nunavik Adventure Challenge.

April 21 2011

Big day today

Schedule for today:

A.M. Snowboard, cross country ski and telemark ski

P.M. Snowboard, cross country ski and telemark ski

7H30 to 9H00 pm : Snowboard, cross country ski, telemark ski and ropes at the school gym

April 20 2011

Zipline in Ivujivik! © Pauline Decroix

Ski session © Pauline Decroix

Schedule for today:

A.M. Snowboard, cross country ski and telemark ski

P.M. Cross country ski and Zipline by the marina

April 19 2011

First snowboard session © Pauline Decroix

Ready for skiing! © Pauline Decroix

Instructions before the start © Pauline Decroix

First day of the 7th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge under a bright sun and really strong winds!

For the first morning, a snowshoes activity is schedule.

At 14h00, there will be a snowboard and a cross country skiing session right starting from the community center.

Here we are for a 6th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge in Kangiqsualujjuaq!

First Videos of the week 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - N.A.C. Race - Snowshoe Race

Photos of the week

Race Results (PDF File)

Race day has been changed to monday after school.
Registration in the school at 11H30 and race at 16h00.

March 28 2011

Today is the Nunavik Adventure challenge day.

Registrations will be at the school from 11H30 to 13H00. The race meeting will be at 15H45 and the race start at 16H00 in front of the school.

March 27 2011

Today is Snowboarding and this evening is Ice Climbing.

March 26 2011

Paulusi Sakiagak at work! © J-T Boily

Snowshoe race before the start! ©Mathieu Couture

Today a.m. is zipline and snowboard.

Snowshoe race at 13h00 open to all. The start and finish will be at the school.

After the race, snowboard and zipline again for everybody.

March 25 2011

Today is ice climbing, ziplining, snowshoeing and skiing. More than 50 persons tried the zipline this afternoon. The ice climbing structure was tested and is now ready.

Getting ready to go down ! © Pauline Decroix

Zipline overlooking at the bay © Pauline Decroix

Ice tower is now ready! © Pauline Decroix

Snowdrift beside the tower © Pauline Decroix

March 24 2011

A beautiful day today for the Ice Chiseling competition that happened at Mivivinik Lake. The winner took only 5 minute to dig trough more than 1 meter of ice!

Some of the participants getting ready © Pauline Decroix

The future winner taking his breath! © Pauline Decroix

An ice chiseling competition will happen at 10h00 at Mivivinik Lake. Alle the community is invited to take part in this unique event. Prizes will be given to the winners of each categories.

March 23 2011

First cross country session of the day © Pauline Decroix

Rappel group © Pauline Decroix

Tamisa Etok at work! © Pauline Decroix

Snowshoe group © Pauline Decroix

A happy snowboarder © Pauline Decroix

New snowboarders listening to instructions © Pauline Decroix

Going on obstacles course! © Pauline Decroix

Schedule for today.

There is a combined cross country skiing, snowshoes and climbing activity this morning. In the afternoon, snowboard and ski session will happen in front of the school and around the village.

March 22 2011

Afternoon Snowboard session overlooking the bay © J-T Boily

First day of the 6th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge under a bright sun and a super day!

For the first morning, a snowshoes activity is schedule.

At 15h30, there will be a snowboard session right in front of the school.

Snowshoes session © Pauline Decroix

Snowshoes session © Pauline Decroix

Here we are for a 5th edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge in Kangiqsujuaq!

Videos of the week

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

October 30th 2010

Race Day!

Start of the 5th N.A.C. race! © Endurance Aventure

Teams studying the race course © Endurance Aventure

Click here to see the registered team

Kangiqsujuaq N.A.C. Race Results

N.A.C. week photos (coming soon)

The race was held today on a real adventure day. Light snow and 40 km winds were perfect for adventure!

The race was full with 24 participants coming from Kangiqsujuaq, Ivujivik and Kangiqsualujuaq.

The race started really fast with the Nunavik Nordiques taking the lead just in front of team Arsaniq and team Puma.

It was then a cat and mouse race and finally the team Arsaniq took the win by just a small 2 minutes.

October 29th 2010

Afternoon session was as good with a great participation from the school students! All the boats were out with over 20 kayakers on the water!

Testing the dry suits before leaving! © Antoine Leduc

On the water! © Antoine Leduc

On the water! © Antoine Leduc

This morning, the group went out on the bay for a kayak session. Slight winds and and a little drizzle made it perfect for a real adventure!

Kayak session in the beautiful surroundings of Kangiqsujuaq © Pauline Decroix

October 28th 2010

Evening rope sessions
Heres pictures of the afternoon and evening ropes sessions. Due to the strong winds, it was decided to hold the activities indoor.

Climbing at the school © Endurance Aventure

Day 1 video online

With the very strong winds this morning, it was decided to do a mix of bike and rope session. The group biked in the beautiful surroundings of Kangiqsujuaq and then went to meet the rope crew at the community center.

Bike session in Kangiqsujuaq © Endurance Aventure

October 27th 2010

The first activities are done and everything went well for the first day! The kayak group went out on the bay as the bike group went to the cliff to do some rappeling down a 20 meters cliff.

Kayak group leaving the warf © Endurance Aventure

After a little delay, the team arrived in Kangiqsujuaq and is ready to set up the gear for the activities that will be held this week.

The activities will start today after school with bike and kayak sessions.

The third edition of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge will take place from september 6 to september 20 2010 in Ivujivik and Kangiqsujuaq.

Videos from Salluit 1 - 2 - 3 - Race (more to come)

September 17th 2010

Race results

Todays was race day!

40 teams took the start and had a really good day. 2 races were organized to make sure a maximum of person could try the race. The team did some mountain bike, trekking, use a rope bridge and did a 100 meters zipline over the river.

Team Penguins on the run! © Pauline Decroix

September 17th 2010

Today was all about ropes! A zipline and a rope bridge were installed for the Nunavik Adventure Challenge participants. The set up was a good test for the race that will happen tommorow and were the participants will need to test their skills not only on these ropes, but also on the bikes, on the kayaks and by foot.

Rope bridge over the river in Salluit © Pauline Decroix

Coming back with the zipline © Pauline Decroix

September 16th 2010

Here are the latest development for the N.A.C. 2010. Due to unexpected delay and bad weather, the team could not make it to Kangiqsujuaq. As the team and all the equipment are in Salluit, it was decided to have the event in Salluit.

So here are the latest news.

The youth from the schools were met yesterday and the activities started yesterday afternoon at 16H15 after school. So more than 20 people did a mountain bike ride around the village. There was also a rappel activity were more than 40 people showed up even if it was foggy and raining!

Tommy-Georges Etok giving advice to new paddlers © Endurance Aventure

Today, there was a rope activity this morning for the non-student in the a.m. and the afternoon was kayaking and mountain biking after school. 66 people tried the kayak while 55 did the mountain bike.

September 11th 2010

For results, click here

N.A.C finish photos here

N.A.C. Videos of the weeks here 1 - 2 - 3 - Race

More coming soon!

Today is race day!

Start of the N.A.C. Ivujivik © Endurance Aventure

Pre-race meeting © Endurance Aventure

Two courses were designed in order to have a maximum of team racing. 44 racers took part in the race.

Map of course A © Endurance Aventure

Click here to see the registered team

September 10th 2010

a.m. This morning, the participants are doing mountain biking on the amazing trails surrounding Ivujivik. The rocks offers a great challenge. It a real maze of fantastic trails .

p.m. The afternoon is use for tommorow's race. The rope crew is installing a 200 meters zipline over Iqalugalialuk lake. A 17H00 kayak session happened for the workers who could not be there during the day.

September 9th 2010

Click here to see the first video of Ivujivik N.A.C. 1 - 2

p.m. What a great afternoon with even more participants than yesterday! 25 participants went on the rappel section while more than 40 went for a kayak ride.

Participants wainting getting ready to paddle ! © Endurance Aventure

We had the chance to witness a great moment in Ivujivik as there was a gathering showing traditional seal outfit.

Traditional seal outfit © Endurance Aventure

a.m. Today, the activites are kayak and rappel. Again, lots of people showed this morning in order to participate in both sports. We are very lucky with the weather as the sky just cleared at 10h00 just as the activities started.

Kayak and Climbing around Ivujivik © Endurance Aventure

A group of about 50 seals came by the kayak group at the end of the ride! What a great day!

September 8th 2010

The second day of the N.A.C. is starting very well. Two groups went for a mountain bike ride and on a climbing session. The afternoon session for the extra curricular ativities took place at 16h15.

Morning climbing session in the village © Endurance Aventure

Again, a lot of people came for the afternoon session. There was about 50 people from the village at the climbing spot while 17 bikers were on the hills surrounding Ivujivik!

Note that we will have a special climbing activity for the children on friday afternoon after school at 16H15.

September 7th 2010

The training week is starting today as all the Nunavik Adventure Challenge team as arrived in Ivujivik. The team will set up the gear to be ready for the 2 first activites after school: a kayak and a mountain bike session.

Perfect day for a kayak session in Ivujivik © Endurance Aventure

The team was lucky to have beautiful northern lights on theur first evening in Ivujivik.

Northen lights over Ivujivik © Antoine Leduc

April 2010 Results

April 2010 first videos -1- 2 - 3-

April 2010 Race Photos now online, click here!

ESPN Article

Nunatsiaq article

2009 Photos and Videos

2009 Results

April 18th 2010

Last day of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge week. All the participants had a rest this morning to recover from yesterday's race.
Two activities were organized very close to the village. A zipline was set up just behind the school to make sure all the younger kids from the village have their part of fun. For the olders, a snowboard afternoon took place and everybody seem to have a lot of fun!

April 17th 2010

Race Day!

21 teams took the start of the second Nunavik Adventure Challenge. In that event, the teams had the choice of using their skis or snowshoes to get to the different checkpoints. During the course, they had also to do a zipline and snowboard to complete the course. Everybody who took the start made it trough the course and to the finish line.

Congratulation to all the participants!

Participants studiing their maps before the start

April 16th 2010

This morning, all the participant went on a snowshoes and rappel expedition. Once they got there, a 10 meters rappel was all set up and they could trade the snowshoes for the harnesses.

On the way to the rappel

Rappeling down the cliff

Today from 15H30 to 17H00, the teams that wants to race must register at the white construction workers building where you will see the Nunavik Adventure Challenge Flags.

April 15th 2010

Today was all about snowboard. In the morning, the group went down a valley overlloking the Georges River and did very long downhills.

There was a second group who went to explore new cliff and to practice mountain self arrest and rappel.

In the afternoon, there was around 50 people doing snowboard and cross country skiing in the hill behind the school. What a perfect day with the sun and no wind at all!

April 14th 2010

Another day with a big crowd in Kangiqsualujjuaq. The activities were very popular all day. The first group this morning went out for a cross country ski ride. as the other did some mountaineering. While the groups were training, the snowboard instructor Guy Tremblay and the guide Thomas Etok went to find tommorow's spot for the snowboard expedition plan to go on thursday morning.

The afternoon was on the same format as around 30 teenagers went for the ski training after school.

Guy Tremblay and Thomas Etok exploring new snowboarding grounds

The climbing group overlooking the Georges River

April 13th 2010

Today, there was 2 activities. One small group went to set up a zipline and test the rope set up.

Zipline testing

The biggest group went for snowboarding. THere was more than 30 snowboarders on the hill of Kangiqsualujuaq!

Snowboard session on april 13th

April 11th 2010

The second Nunavik Adventure Challenge will begin soon. If you want to have a look at what kind of activities will happen, check these pictures taken this week at the KRPF Cadets Training camp in Kangiqsujuaq.
KRPF Cadets Camp pictures

October 11th 2009

Kangiqsualujjuaq was the host of the Nunavik Adventure Challenge. Young Inuit athletes competed in a spectacular aventure race course, including biking, kayaking, rope section and trekking. Each team was composed of two persons who have to navigate with a road book and a map to find check points which are necessary to complete the challenge. 

To the surprise of the organisers they had forty-two local athletes registered for the race, which broke the capacity of a single start, so it was decided to split the race in two groups.

The beautiful sunshine gave an ideal start for the prolog which gives racers and non-racers, like kids, a chance to run on a small course in the center of the village.

At ten o’clock, motivated racers from the first group opened the course on bike to reach the first check point at a surprisingly speed. Shortly after the reached the transition to change from bikes to kayaks in a fly. After paddling the course of 1200 meters they hiked up the steep slope to gear up for the zip line. With fun and speed they zipped over the lake, down to the opposite shore. Then they started their long hard trekking back to the village were they had to conquer two mountains, gnarly bushes, mossy rock slabs, steep slopes and swampy sections.

Last part of the run going down, village in view, teams arrived at the community hall for the well deserved finish.

At the end of the day, all teams were able to complete the Nunavik Adventure Challenge and were celebrating their success with proud.

The team Amaruit with Meeki Snowball and Elijah Etok finished with the best time of 01:16:48 hour. The first feminine team, Sinuupa, with Rhoda Snowball and Saladie Snowball  finished in a time of 01:41:40 hour. This team also won the best spirit award.

The organisation congratulates all racers and thanks the Kangiqsualujjuaq community for their help to make this event a great success.

Saturday, October 10th

The morning session this morning was very specific to Sunday's race. The group went on a orienteering course in order to practice their compass skills. It was good to see the older help the younger to understand how that tool works.

The part of the team was in meeting all day in order to finalise all the details concerning Sunday's race.

The rest of the team was outside preparing the course and placing all the markers and check points at the good place.

Everybody in very anxious to see the race tommorow.

Friday, October the 9th

This morning, we woke up with strong winds whistling in the windows.  Around noon, it started to rain with winds still blowing strongly at around 50 km/h.

We had a team exploring new trekking paths.  It was a hard day for them with these gusting winds.  At least, the wind was in their back when they came back.  On top of the montains, they had their first snow flakes and of course, the most spectacular view of the Georges River you can get.

Some meetings were held in order to set up the race for Sunday.  This morning, we finalised  the course for the race.  It was decided to include trekking, kayaking, biking and ropes and to have 2 tents on the course to shelter the staff and volunteers in case of bad weather. The tent will also act as a feed station for the athletes with tea waiting for them.

The afternoon was use to finalize the technical aspects of the race, such as estimating the time require for the race, how many and where volunteers are needed, the assigment of responsibilities for the race. 

All the bikes were fixed and the necessary adjustments made so they will be ready for the race.

The rope team installed a short absailin and offered a training session in the afternoon.

In the evening, after diner, The KRPF Cadets organised Inuit games.  After a demonstration of Drum Dance and Throat Singing, a contest of “One Foot High Kick” and other games was organised. 3 people made id up to 225 cm.

Thursday, October the 9th

Another very nice day, as yesterday, sunny with some clouds in the afternoon.  The temperature was a little colder.

A team made of 6 local guides and some members of our crew left town by bike, going along the Ungava bay and then, up in the montains for 15 kilometers.  They left their bikes and hiked for 4 kilometers.  The reached a river made by men.  This river was made to control the level of the water in the lakes.  Unfortunately, this river is not suitable for kayaking.  They returned to their bike and got back to town by the same road.  All along the way, they had great spectacular views of the area.

The rope team installed and tested a 100 meters zipline at the spot they found yesterday.  They also expore some other spots for easier absailins and ziplines.  In the afternoon, they installed the absailin as yesterday.  Some local people tried it.  This absailing is quite suitable for a long race, but too difficult for the Sunday race. We will have to have an easier one for the race that will stand on Sunday.

Some of our crew members hicked to the top of the montains between the town and George River.  On the crests, there is a great view of the Ungava bay and the Gorge River mouth getting into the Bay.   We can also see the line made by the high-tide going against the comming flow of the river.

In the afternoon, we offered a training session on bikes for the participants of the race that will stand on Sunday.  We used all our bikes and some others local peoples came with their own bikes.  They biked for 1 ½ hour on a path going up in the montains.  They showed us that they are in great shape and have a very good technique.  They were quite dare devil, going down hill.  The showed their great habilities with montain bikes.

After diner, as yesterday, we had short races with the chidren, on our way to the Community center.  There, we had great fun playing with the children.  They realy like to play and are not shy to talk and make funny jokes on us.  Later on, young girls offered a demonstration of their traditionnal Drum Dance and their Throat Singing.  They were quite impressive.  The Throat Singing is a competition where two girls stand facing each other.  Together, they start to produce rythmic sounds comming deep from their throat and the one who stands the longuest time wins.  The other one is eliminated and the last one to remain is the winner of the competition.

Wednesday, October the 7th.

We had a very nice day, sunny in the morning, with some clouds in the afternoon.  The goals for the day were to explore the region and discover nice and spectacular spots for the organisation of an adventure raid.  We also planned to offer an afterschool activity for the children.

The crew splits itself in three teams, each team exploring for a specific discipline: bike, kayak and rope.  Local guides completed each team and their great knowing of the region had been very helpfull.

Rope
The team, explored the town for a good spot for a zipline for the children.  They found a perfect place, right behind the school.  Then, they went to explore some cliffs, not to far from the town, to evaluate the feasability to install an absailin and a zipline.

They found the right cliff and installed  a 70 meters  absailin.  The clift has an interresting particularity.  On the top of the clift, the participants can't see the wall and the bottom of the clift.  They will only see deep down in the valley, some 90 meters lower, not knowing exactly were the absailin ends.  They installed and tested the absailin that had also been tested by local guides.

After school, the children enjoyed the 25 meters zipline installed behind the school.  The activity last nearly 2 hours.  It was amazing to see the smiles of the children going down the zipline.  As soon as they got down of the zipline, they  rush to go back in line for another tour.  We greatly appreciate the collaboration of the KRPF cadets who helped us in this activity for the children.

Kayak
We left the kayak team at Mivivinik Lake.  The team tested a path, going through five lakes, with portages between each lake.  The team went faster than expected.  The vegetation doesn’t grow very high.  The carrying was almost always on rock, without great difficulties.  The only thing that slow down the team was the blueberries they found along the way!

The water in the lakes is very clear and proper to consumption.  The guides said that there is 20 inches trouts in those lakes.  On top of the hills, the team had a very spectacular view of the region, seeing many lakes all around.  It was quite windy, which is normal for this time of the year.

Bike
The team explored a path along the Ungava Bay and another one between two lakes.  The trail sections were interresting, but the sections between trails were inappropriate for biking since they had to push or carry their bikes in those between sections.  In fact, they walk nearly half the way it was planned for the bike section.

The TV crew made an interview with Charlie Annanack who happen to kill a polar bear 2 days ago.  Charlie and his friends were hunting carribou and they got in their boat to rest a while.  But has they were sleeping, the tide was going low and the water under his boat retired.  Their boat got stuck on the ground.  They woke up seeing a young white bear just beside them.  Charlie just had time to shout the bear with a small 22 riffle before the bear got to him.

Tonight, comming back from diner, we improvise a short run with many children. In 2 minutes, there was around 30 kids rrunning with us. It was very pleasant to run hear the laughs of all these kids.

For the ones entering the Sunday race, many prizes will given out the the participants: