Major Accomplishments

North Pole
Member of the successful two-person, 12- dog, North Pole expedition: Huskies to the Pole, In the Footsteps of Peary, in 2000.

Mt. Barbeau 2002
Co-guided a ski mountaineering expedition to climb Mt. Barbeau. At 8,900 feet, it is the highest mountain east of the Rockies.

Auyuittuq Traverse
Co-guided a winter dog team traverse of Auyuittuq National Park.

High Arctic
Paul has traveled extensively by dog-team, including solo trips. He spent a month traversing the Eastern coast of Ellesmere Island in 1996.

Mountain and Rock
Paul has mountaineered in Europe, South America and on the West Coast of Canada. He has enjoyed numerous ski-mountaineering trips and powdered telemark descents.

Bikes, Skis and Skates
Paul raced internationally in cycling and was a national Canadian champion and multiple championship medal winner. Paul has also skied and skated his way to numerous podiums

Background

Paul's journey to Iqaluit in 1995 took him from his native Province of Quebec, to living in the Gatineau Hills, to the Coast and Interior of British Columbia. As a lawyer representing Inuit organizations and taking on environmental and human rights causes, Paul brings very rounded experience to his passion for guiding in remote areas. Paul has been running his own Canadian Inuit dogs since 1996 and was a member of a successful, two-man, 12-dog expedition to the North Pole in 2000. Paul has guided on Ellesmere and Baffin Island and has traveled extensively in the Canadian Eastern Arctic. He always shares his enthusiasm for the Arctic with every person he travels with. Paul brings to his guiding his athleticism, which he developed over many years of bicycle racing, cross-country ski racing, marathon speed-skate racing, mountaineering and ski touring.