Here is a brief outline of the attempt at the Northwest Passage:

The journey will start in the town of Inuvik (1) at the Western end of the Northwest Passage. From here we will paddle north down the Mackenzie River to Kugmallit Bay and Tuktoyaktuk. On to Cape Bathurst via Warren point, Atkinson point, Cape Dalhousie in the Beaufort Sea and into Franklin Bay in the Amunson gulf, round Cape Parry to the Inuit settlement of Paulatuk. After picking up provisions, we will head up the coast of Darnley Bay and round Cape Lyon, southeast down the Dolphin and Union strait to Coronation Gulf to the Inuit settlement of Kugluktuk (2).

On the second leg of the journey, we will head north to Locker point and across the entrance of the Dolphin and Union strait, towards Lady Franklin point on the south coast of Victoria island, hugging the coast through Dease strait and on to our next port of call, The Inuit town of Cambridge Bay on the south east of Victoria island (3).

The actual route from Cambridge bay to Gjoa Haven has not been finalised yet. Much depends on conditions prevailing at the time we are in the area. We could take the route south towards Queen Maud Gulf and follow the mainland coast towards Adelaide peninsula. On the other hand, we could venture into open water, east to Jenny Lind island, and the Royal Geographical islands in the Victoria strait, and onto King William island and finishing the third leg at Gjoa Haven (4). This is the last Inuit settlement we will see before Pond Inlet.

From Gjoa starts the fourth and longest leg of the journey. The expedition will skirt around the east coast of King William island, and then head North. We will cross the James Ross strait, and then hug the coast of the Boothia Peninsula, up into the Franklin strait and into the Bellot strait. Once we have passed through this dangerous strait, we will call into the abandoned trading post, Fort Ross to pick up our airdropped supplies. We will then follow the coast of Somerset island Northwards and will navigate the biggest crossing of the voyage yet – the open crossing of Prince Regent inlet. Once across, we will follow the coast of Brodeur Peninsula, where we will arrive at Cape York and Lancaster Sound. We will proceed east to Cape Crauford across Admiralty Inlet, around the Borden Peninsula following Bylot island into Eclipse sound, and finally arriving at Pond Inlet (5) on the north coast of Baffin island.