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Povungnituk 88 July 15-August 15, 1988
Raglan Lake to Povungnituk
Povungnituk River, Lepelle River, Nantais Lake, Decoumte River, Povungnituk River
Michael and Geoffrey Peake, Peter Scott, Peter Brewster
 Air strip at Raglan Lake, top of Ungava Peninsula. |  Headwater lake of Povungnituk River July 15, 1988 |  Peter Brewster gets grabbed by Geoff Peake as he falls through the rotting ice in headwater lake |  Top of Povungnituk River is mostly frozen |
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 At the highest elevation in Quebec, the clouds flew by quickly. |  Sometimes the ice was solid which made for easy dragging. |  As the elevations drops the Povungnituk begins to flow. |  Lovely evening light the night before we walk in to the crater. |
 The 5 km walk into the crater with reduced loads. |  Our campsite after walking 5 km into the Pingualuit Crater. We left our canoes near the river. |  A composite view of the two mile wide crater lake, now frozen. |  A nice sunny off day camped on the rim of the Pingualuit Crater - originally called Chubb Crater. |
 Getting ready to leave the crater which just looks like a hill from river level. |  This lake south of the crater was easy to cross. |  Lovely evening on the route south from the Crater. |  Heading south to Nantais Lake overland. |
 A tough carry over thousand of loose rocks enroute to Nantais Lake. |  The heavy cement of ice in Nantais Lake. We had to wait for it to pass. |  Geoff Peake searches for the entrance to the Arparlituk River which drains Nantais Lake south to Klotz Lake. |  The caribou started to appear once we got south of Nantais Lake. |
 Caribou cross the head of the Arparlituk River in Nantais Lake. |  Geoff Peake has an evening scout the night before we head down the Arparlituk which had never been canoed in our research. |  Caribou line the ridge above the Arparlituk to avoid the bugs, which were few. |  Peter Brewster and Geoff Peake running a rapid on the Arparlituk River. |
 Rapid out of Couture Lake where we caught Arctic Char. |  Superbly fresh Arctic Char. |  Heavy rapid by camp on Flaherty's Povungniuk River, |  Massive wind storm on August 8, 1988. |
 Riding out the massive wind storm on August 8, 1988. |  The last big drop on the Decoumte River before in goes into Povungnituk Lake, |
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