("Kelsey" - Stan got it wrong). I've just been reading a bit of the journals of Samuel Hearne - the grueling hardships of his journeys are unfathomable, unless, I suppose you've been 'lost in the barrens' yourself. And he mentions these only as they pertain to the subject matter at hand, e.g., "Because my feet were so swollen and in such pain from this affliction, we only made 12 miles that day. Some of my companions were no better off, but Mattonabee insisted that if we did not continue the next morning, we would miss the caribou altogether. It had been two days since we had eaten anything more than boiled moss, so there was no choice." (Not an actual quote, but could well be).

Of course, for Hearne's Native guides and companions, this was more or less just life as they knew it, with a few more trade goods. But they did know it, whereas for Hearne, Kelsy, MacKenzie, et al, it was all new.

As you know!