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Article: The Wilderness River - From Horton lake to the Arctic ocean, a canoe trip down Canada's Horton river is a three-week celebration of pristine wilderness.
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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The propellers roar, the fuselage shakes, and the floats slam against the waves as the Twin Otter picks up speed and taxies down the lake. From my seat directly behind him, I watch our bush pilot, Andy, wrestle with the shuddering steering wheel and then pull it smoothly toward him. The floatplane leaps off the water, takes flight, and then circles over the tiny Mackenzie River village of Norman Wells in Canada's Northwest Territories.
I glance at my companions, jammed into the little bush plane along with all of our gear. Kay Henry and Rob Center have been on several Arctic river expeditions over the course of many years. Audrey and Phil Huffman are veterans of ...