Hart of the YUKON - 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - Special Episode

The narrator is excited to embark on a 14-day solo canoeing trip in the remote Northern Yukon wilderness. He flies on a float plane to a remote lake to start his adventure.

The narrator paddles down the shallow Elliott Creek, catching whitefish and enjoying the clear emerald waters. He makes camp for the night after a challenging day of paddling.

Elliott Creek becomes very shallow and difficult to navigate, requiring a lot of dragging the canoe over rocks. The narrator continues pushing through despite not making good progress.

The narrator cooks freshly caught whitefish over the campfire for dinner. He enjoys the mild flavor and easy boneless fillets.

The extremely shallow conditions on Elliott Creek persist, requiring more arduous dragging and waiting. The narrator continues determined to reach the Heart River.

Elliott Creek becomes faster and more spirited, with some rapids and dangerous sweepers to contend with. The narrator carefully navigates through.

After hitting another very long shallow rocky stretch on Elliott Creek requiring difficult dragging, the narrator considers camping early.

After a grueling final push, the narrator successfully reaches the Heart River, his original goal. He celebrates at his campsite with a beer.

Despite waking up late and having a headache, the narrator is determined to cover a lot of distance on the beautiful Heart River that day.

Floating down the vibrant emerald Heart River, the narrator pulls over to successfully catch and release a few small grayling.

At camp, the narrator realizes he vastly underestimated the time needed to finish his trip. He resolves to wake up earlier and cover more distance daily.

Traveling solo in grizzly bear country, the narrator feels reassured to have brought a gun, primarily to comfort his wife.

The narrator feasts on tasty wild rasberries he finds along the river. He carefully navigates through more dangerous sweepers.

At his campsite, the narrator makes simple but tasty tortilla pizzas with cheese and bacon bits for dinner.

The narrator easily catches grayling for a fresh fish dinner. He cooks one whole over the fire, enjoying the mild sweet flavor.

After a restful sleep, the narrator sees nice weather ahead but receives an incoming storm forecast during his trip through natural scenery.

The Heart River grows more lively and spirited with consistent rapids, tricky bends and technical natural obstacles to carefully paddle through.

Floating down incredibly beautiful surreal stretches of the Heart River, the narrator spies a cow moose along the shoreline.

While riskily trying to film, the narrator almost crashes sideways into a major river sweeper, demonstrating the remote river's danger.

Complex branching and braiding of the river leads to the narrator accidentally taking a bad shallow channel, causing minor issues.

Unable to camp at his planned spot since other travelers are already there, the narrator resigns himself to paddling late again.

Arriving exhausted at camp, the narrator opts to just eat canned mussels and go straight to bed rather than cook dinner.

The narrator decides to take a day hike up Mt. Nitro instead of paddling, enjoying the natural grandeur of the river canyons.

At camp beneath Mt. Nitro, the narrator notices disconcerting forest fire smoke blowing in, potentially obscuring his hike views.