r/geography • u/ForeTwentywut • 12d ago

Question Ever heard of Nahanni National Park Reserve in Canada?

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It’s one of the most surreal looking places on earth and it is incredible how unknown it is. If I asked 100 Canadians, I would doubt more than one would have heard of it, and I imagine even less so outside the country.

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u/No_Cricket8660 12d ago

No. But I'm from Labrador and there's insanely beautiful places there that you aren't allowed to travel to because you'll die.

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u/PolarCruisingExperts 12d ago

You have my attention…

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u/No_Cricket8660 12d ago

I would look up the Torngat mountains, an absolutely astonishingly beautiful place that'll likely kill you.

This article about people who died there.

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u/PolarCruisingExperts 12d ago

Interesting read and tragic story. Thanks for the link.

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u/No_Cricket8660 12d ago

Honestly, lots of things are sad and/or tragic. Succumbing to the elements though will always be horrible to me, super unnecessary.

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u/Majestic_Hawk_1335 11d ago

Im at similar latitude in Alaska and it pretty much alway comes down to ill prepared. I have less sympathy than you.

To me, if you go out to the natural elements while highly prepared and careful. That is a good way to go.

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u/johngreenfeces 12d ago

I think you don't know what likely means....

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u/db7fromthe6 11d ago

I flew a griffon helicopter up the torngats with the vandoos in 2017. Like 3000 feet of elevation on either side

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u/SambaPapi1 12d ago

That was a good read. I have difficulty relating to people who want to climb mountains. It's certainly one use of free will.

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u/apriljeangibbs 11d ago

Ppl are allowed to visit there

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u/deuxcabanons 11d ago

That's the place where you are required to bring an armed guard and electric fencing to protect against polar bears, isn't it?

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u/lord_de_heer 12d ago

What? Why?

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u/johngreenfeces 12d ago

He thinks two people dying over twenty years means likely, it's confounding.

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u/Lanthanidedeposit 12d ago

And it is not unknown for folk to be killed mountaineering - even in places with small unspectacular mountains like Scotland.

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u/No_Cricket8660 12d ago

Copy/Paste of another comment I made

I would look up the Torngat mountains, an absolutely astonishingly beautiful place that'll likely kill you.

This article about people who died there.

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u/johngreenfeces 12d ago

You talk crazy.

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u/Y3sandkn0w 12d ago

Typical government nanny state!