AKOR 2018 - The Torngat - Expédition AKOR

Live and Share the Torngat Mountains

In the summer 2018, the AKOR team crossed northern Quebec and Labrador with an original and audacious 1600 km route composed of 4 rivers and 2 oceans, completed in 65 days.

During the highly mediatized trip, the team pulled their canoes on frozen lakes for 160 km, descended one of Quebec’s largest rivers (George) in full flood, during the spring break-up and through the ice, and paddled 130 km upstream a turbulent river (Koroc).

The AKOR team also climbed the highest peak in Quebec (Caubvik Mt), completed the first contemporary descent of an unmapped river in the North (Palmer), and paddled 600 km by canoe in the North Atlantic Ocean, a region densely populated by polar bears (some of which were too curious).

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This expedition also allowed AKOR to…

Conduct research in forest ecology on the impact of climate change on tree growth in the North

To map a river that had never been paddled down by contemporary paddlers

Discover many prehistoric archaeological sites never before identified

Give 45 lectures after the return from the expedition, not only to educate people about the North and sub-Arctic ecosystems, but more importantly to spread the benefits of the outdoors, adventure and self-improvement.

AKOR 2018 was considered by some experts as the ultimate canoeing achievement in Quebec. For the team, it represented the culmination of their expertise in expeditions.

This project earned AKOR a Major Grant from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the AKOR Scientific Expedition scholarship from Laval University in Quebec City, created especially for this expedition.

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