Fred Nelson's Arctic River Challenge: Surviving the Ice

Yaya Diamond TV

Website: https://frednelsonbook.com/  The Thlewiaza-Seal Rivers: Challenge of the Ice by Fred Nelson is a book about a challenging 1970s canoe trip in northern Canada where an planned 450-mile journey was altered by extreme ice on Nueltin Lake, forcing the group to portage overland to the Seal River and face rapids, bears, and a storm on Hudson Bay. The book details the adventure, highlighting the raw power of nature and the physical and emotional journey of the six canoeists.    Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ZheeukoEoNFA9omEKoaIg/join  #yayadiamond #interview #inspirational  https://podopshost.com/yayadiamond  Sell on Whatnot and make money today! https://whatnot.com/invite/seller/yayadiamond ⚡ VidChapter AI generated these chapters, try it out https://vidchapter.com/?affiliate=yayadiamond Recommended podcast platform get 10% off: https://podopshost.com/register/?ref=yaya   Tools and Services I use: Appsumo has the best lifetime deals ever!!! I love this site.  appsumo.8odi.net/yayadiamond Best website for musicians. Try it for free on me: https://buff.ly/2GMYugG Make money with Fiverr.com: https://buff.ly/2KjTVvV  Our Amazon store: https://buff.ly/34RYNlm DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. My affiliate links usually provide either a free trial or discount so go try them out on me! Thank you for supporting DreamChasersRadio.com  so I can continue to provide you with free content each week! Privacy Policy: https://buff.ly/2XSrflS ™Yaya Diamond Red Hot Reality Ent. LLC Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/yayadiamond

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00:38Hi guys, this is Yaya Diamond

00:40And thank you guys so much for tuning in to Dream Chasers Radio

00:42We have amazing guests on this show

00:45My next guest, Mr. Nelson

00:47Has really taken it to the far, far snowy tips of the earth kind of thing

00:59I mean, he really took that adventure thing like all the way

01:02Way further than I would ever even dream in my reality

01:07Like I would watch him on TV or read his book

01:10And that's exactly what we're doing today

01:12I want to welcome him to the show

01:14Thank you so much for joining us, Mr. Nelson

01:16Thank you

01:18Thank you for inviting me

01:19Oh, anytime

01:20Now, okay

01:21I have to show people the book cover

01:24Because literally speaking

01:26What?

01:28What?

01:29Mr. Nelson

01:30Is that you on the cover of that book?

01:33That's my son

01:34That is your son

01:35Oh, you passed it down

01:38Oh my gosh

01:39Wow

01:41So, tell me

01:42Okay, so let's back up a little bit

01:45What started this whole thing?

01:48Well, I've been doing six canoe trips in northern Canada before this

01:55Brian Knock, who planned the trip

02:00Invited his brother to go

02:02His brother had never gone in the wilderness in the north

02:05He's a very good canoeist

02:07But he hadn't gone on any of the trips

02:09So they got together and looked over the maps

02:14And decided that the Awaisa River would be a good river to run

02:18And he invited me to go

02:20And I said, I'd like to take my son if he wanted to go

02:23And so we did the planning

02:27And then, you know, we planned for about a year

02:30Because when you go up to the north

02:34If you forgot something, you do without it

02:37And so you don't forget important things like food

02:41So the planning is critical

02:44But there's no stores

02:46You cannot get any supplies at all

02:50And so you're on your own

02:52And so we got Brian and his brother

02:57Myself and my 17-year-old son

03:00And then Brian's brother had a friend who wanted to go

03:06And Brian had another friend who wanted to go

03:08So there ended up to be six of us to go on this trip

03:14My gosh

03:15So wait, I have to go back, Mr. Nelson

03:18Because as a woman

03:22There are a lot of things that we forget

03:24We go out, even like to the movies

03:28You know, so you're saying that if you forget something

03:31That's it

03:32You can't get anything

03:34You can not get anything

03:35Wow

03:36Were there times that you guys found yourself

03:40Not having something that you had to improvise for?

03:44Well, our very first trip, we planned on catching fish

03:48And we didn't catch much fish

03:49So we ran out of food

03:51But just for one day

03:54Oh my gosh

03:56Oh my gosh

03:58How was that?

03:59Was that nerve-wracking for you?

04:01No, it was just one day

04:04Wow

04:05Was nerve-wracking the next morning

04:07We were supposed to be picked up by a bush pilot

04:11And it was fogged over

04:12We couldn't even see the water from the campsite

04:15And so we thought we were going to be there for another day

04:19And that would be another day without any food

04:23But the pilot landed

04:27The area over the lake was pretty clear

04:31So he was able to land

04:33He came and he said

04:34I'll take four of you and no gear

04:37Or two of you and half your gear

04:41Well, we were out of food

04:43So we said, you take all four of us

04:47Oh yeah

04:48Oh wow

04:49Wow

04:50So you know

04:52This is amazing for me

04:54Because I don't have the courage to do things like this

04:57And everybody has their own little thing that they do

04:59And this is not one of them for me

05:01But for you

05:02The adventures must have been amazing

05:04I mean, tell me

05:05You know, what was it like to be there

05:08With no city lights

05:09No nothing

05:10I mean, what did the sky look like?

05:14I mean, describe everything that you saw for the first time

05:16Just like when you first saw it

05:18What was that like for you?

05:19Well, for all of us

05:22And including my son

05:25We welcome it

05:26We like to be able to think

05:29That we can work it on our own

05:31And you have no one to consult

05:35You work it out on your own

05:37Or you don't do it

05:39So

05:42This trip had lots of very tense moments

05:46And I asked my son

05:48Actually, just a couple of years ago

05:51You know, you never said you wanted to quit

05:53Let's end this as fast as we can

05:56I said, what were your thoughts?

05:58And he says

05:58Oh, I always look forward to the adventure

06:01You're going to take me on the next day

06:04Wow

06:06That's my attitude as well

06:07There's my son

06:09And that's where the ice was covering over this lake

06:13It was thin

06:18We were able to get a pathway

06:21And got back on the river again

06:23At the end of the lake

06:26This is Carl Schmider

06:27Who's going on several trips with us

06:29He loves to fish

06:32He loves fishing more than he does the canoeing

06:35But he goes on the canoe trips

06:37Because the fishing is wonderful

06:41This is amazing

06:42I mean, these pictures

06:45These memories are all in the book

06:48And this is just beautiful

06:50That's Lake Newton

06:53And you see the ice across there

06:55That was the beginning of 85 miles of ice

06:59So we couldn't continue

07:02As we had planned

07:04And so we looked at our options

07:09And decided we could

07:12Forage over to the Seal River

07:14The pilot who flew us in

07:16Said he knew the Seal River was flowing

07:19So we decided to go over to the Seal River

07:24And as you see there were lots of ice

07:28Even when we finished the portage

07:30We had to put in off ice

07:36This is amazing

07:37I mean, was there

07:39Now, were there any times

07:40Where you thought

07:41This is just straight out of a movie

07:43Like, I mean

07:44I can't be living this kind of life

07:47This can't be happening to me

07:50Were there any moments

07:51No, I look forward to the adventure

07:53In no time did I think

07:57You know, this is something

07:58For someone else to do

08:00I always thought of it as

08:02Boy, we got problems

08:04Let's solve them

08:06And get back home

08:13Well, I hope you're enjoying this show

08:15Oh my gosh

08:16I am so, so very excited

08:18To have you here

08:184% of you

08:20The 96% that have watched

08:24Over and over again

08:25And tuned into a lot of my shows

08:27Have not subscribed

08:29I have over 41,000 people here

08:32And that would overfill a stadium

08:34Which is amazing

08:35I never thought I could ever fill a stadium

08:37But, for YouTube

08:39That's kind of a little 4%

08:42So, if the 96% of you

08:45Oh my gosh, that's so many people

08:46Would please take a moment

08:49And click the subscribe button

08:50I would be so grateful

08:52And back to the show

08:53Thank you

08:56Mr. Nelson

08:58You are the quintessential adventurist

09:02And I absolutely love it

09:04And you passed it down to your children

09:05But why write the book?

09:07What was the book's original purpose?

09:11Well

09:15Brian's brother wrote the log for the trip

09:17And he had just sent me an update of it

09:22Using modern technology

09:24He just

09:24Back when we first did the trip

09:27You had to paste pictures in the pages

09:31And things like that

09:33But he built the pictures into the text

09:36And did a wonderful job

09:38My wife came over and said

09:41I need something exciting to read

09:44She was actually just three months before dying

09:48And she was feeling very low

09:51And so I said

09:52Well, this is exciting

09:53Read this

09:54She had never had any interest

09:56In reading about the canoe trips

09:58She didn't read any of the logs

10:00Or anything

10:01The next day

10:02She brings it back

10:03And now

10:04I was amazed

10:05She finished it so fast

10:06So I thought

10:07You didn't like it

10:09And she said

10:09Oh, I could not put it down

10:11Wow

10:12She says

10:13This is the most exciting thing

10:15But if I had known

10:17You were taking these trips

10:18I would never have let you go

10:23Oh, gosh

10:24You hid that from her really good though

10:26Mr. Nelson

10:26You did that on purpose

10:28But, you know

10:29I love them

10:30She hated them

10:31Yeah

10:31I took her on one trip once

10:34And I knew she didn't like it

10:36So I waited a couple years

10:38And I said

10:38You know

10:39That was an interesting trip

10:40We had a lot of fun

10:41She says

10:42That was the worst trip

10:43I took in my whole life

10:48Oh, gosh

10:49I guess

10:50She never went on another one

10:53No

10:54Never went on another one after that

10:59She never went on

11:00No way

11:01No

11:01She would canoe with me

11:02Down in Colorado

11:03Colorado River

11:05And things like that

11:06But

11:07She would not go to Canada

11:10Well, listen

11:11Mr. Nelson

11:12I kind of don't blame her

11:13Okay

11:13I kind of don't blame her

11:15I wouldn't go either

11:16I'm sorry

11:20So

11:21Did you have any kind of moments

11:23With your son

11:24Your

11:25Was it

11:2617-year-old son

11:27During any of the trips

11:28Did you have like a funny moment?

11:31Well

11:32The moment I was most concerned

11:34We were just got on Hudson Bay

11:37And

11:40The river went out

11:41Away

11:42So we were

11:43A couple miles offshore

11:44Coming back into the mainland

11:47And

11:48Off to our left

11:50There was

11:51Two

11:51Huge

11:52Beluga whales

11:53And they came

11:55Swimming right at us

11:56And

11:58I thought

11:59I was thinking of

12:00Moby Dick

12:01And

12:02You know

12:03Where the

12:04Whales

12:05Attacked the

12:06The boat

12:07Yeah

12:08And

12:09But the whales

12:10Got about

12:1130 feet off from us

12:12And dove under us

12:14And they said

12:14Oh

12:14That's fun

12:15They turned around

12:17And went under us again

12:18And then turned around

12:19For the third time

12:21And went under us

12:22And each time

12:23If it

12:23If those were

12:24Whales

12:25That just made a

12:26Slight little

12:27Misjudgment

12:29We would have flown into the water

12:31And

12:31Actually

12:32We wouldn't have survived

12:34We were

12:34A couple miles offshore

12:36And the water temperature

12:38Is around 50 degrees

12:39So that was the most scary moment

12:42I had in the trip

12:43Oh no

12:44No

12:45No

12:46No

12:47No

12:48I'm glad

12:50I'm glad you're still here

12:51I'm glad everybody's still here

12:53Because

12:53No

12:54No

12:55You know

12:56Most people say

12:58Oh

12:59I'd love to go on that trip

13:01And

13:02I've had a couple people say

13:04I'd like to go

13:05But every time I ask them

13:06If they can make it this summer

13:08They always have some excuse

13:11And

13:11You still go?

13:12People

13:13Who have gone on the trips

13:15Don't ever invite me again

13:17I

13:18I don't want to go

13:19You still go?

13:22I

13:22I run 19 times

13:24What?

13:25Mr. Nelson

13:26You still go on those trips?

13:28No

13:28I'm too old now

13:30I was going to say

13:31Mr. Nelson

13:32You cannot be going on those trips

13:33I forbade you to go on those trips

13:35No

13:36No

13:37Oh my gosh

13:3819 times?

13:40That's like tempting fate

13:42And

13:42You know what?

13:43I saw a video

13:44On the website

13:46Is this video about

13:47The

13:48What is this?

13:49The book trailer?

13:50This is the book trailer

13:51Can we see that?

13:55Yeah

13:56Yes

13:56I've seen it

13:57Awesome

13:57We're going to go ahead

13:58And see the book

13:59We're going to go ahead

14:00And see that book trailer

14:01Okay

14:01Let's watch that

14:02I want to see it

14:07Bye

14:08Bye

14:09Bye

14:10You

14:11Bye

14:19Bye

14:21Bye

14:31Hi

15:54Some days we had beautiful days like this, gorgeous weather.

16:00Wow.

16:01Wow.

16:02Mr. Nelson, that almost made me cry.

16:04I mean, literally speaking, the times that you had, the moments that you had to share

16:08with your son, you know, those are moments you just, you cherish for like eternity, you

16:15know, like forever, like that must have been amazing for you guys to have shared that time

16:22together.

16:23What is, when you look back on those moments, do you regret any of them or is it something

16:29that you'd love to do one more time?

16:32Well, I love to do it.

16:33I don't regret any of it.

16:36It is nice to look back to see that I've survived it, but I'm happy that I did it and

16:43I enjoyed

16:44it.

16:46I love it.

16:47That was my seventh trip.

16:50And so I had 12 more than I did.

16:53The trips range from 11 days was the shortest.

16:57Most of them were around 21 days.

17:01My longest was 37 days.

17:06I could see this being a movie, especially with, with the whales.

17:11Okay.

17:11That's to me, I could see it.

17:13I could see, is this going to be a movie?

17:16I'd like to tell somebody to make a movie of it.

17:20This should be, if anybody's watching out there that has the budget contact, Mr. Nelson.

17:26I will, I will put the link to his website.

17:28You can contact him in the description box.

17:31This should be a movie.

17:33It should be a movie.

17:35The times that you share with your kids, the talks that you probably had, the fires, the

17:40day you guys didn't find any food.

17:42I mean, all of that is like movie stuff.

17:45Okay.

17:45And it's a true story that, that to me, that, that takes the cake.

17:50That takes the cake.

17:51I absolutely love it.

17:52I think it should be a movie and I will be, I will buy the first ticket.

17:57I definitely will.

17:58Well, I think it would make a very good movie.

18:01It's got everything now from beautiful canoe days and terrifying nights on Hudson Bay.

18:12It must've been cold.

18:15It wasn't terribly cold, but the night on Hudson Bay, I got very, very cold.

18:21So, wow.

18:23Wow.

18:24Well, Mr. Nelson, I want to thank you so much for being on the show and, and for bringing

18:28your, your story to us.

18:30I truly, truly hope that someone contact somebody, contact your, your publishing company, somebody

18:39get this sent to a movie production company, because this should be one of the adventure

18:45stories of the year.

18:47If not the best, you should, you get the right people on this and you can win the Oscar.

18:52I'm not going to lie to you.

18:54I agree with you.

18:55I think.

18:55I agree.

18:56Oh yeah.

18:57This, you know, and, and I've seen lots of books, but I think this one touched my heart

19:01only because you did this with your, with your son.

19:04And you did this with people you love.

19:06There was adventure.

19:07There was, uh, you know, the whales that was a day with no food.

19:11There was the nights of talking with your kid.

19:13There were 80 miles of freaking ice that you couldn't even get through.

19:16And you had to, you had to reroute yourself, not even knowing if the reroute was going to

19:22be any good.

19:23I mean, literally speaking, that is movie.

19:27That is, that is movie.

19:28That is movie stuff right there.

19:30That is it.

19:31Oh yeah.

19:32Oh yeah.

19:32I'm sorry.

19:33I'm all excited about it, but somebody needs to get this and turn it into a movie.

19:38Definitely.

19:39Now, how do you call, what is the name of the, uh, what is it?

19:43Rivers, uh, seal rivers.

19:45But how do you say the name of the seal river?

19:49Well, the Thea Weiser river is an Inuit name.

19:54And then the seal river is named after seals.

19:58Yeah.

19:59Well, somebody needs to contact you.

20:00I don't know what it is, but it just, that's going to be the movie of the year.

20:03Whoever does this, this is going to be the movie of the year.

20:06You need to go ahead and contact Mr. Nelson.

20:07I'll put the link in the description box below, but right underneath me, you can see his website.

20:13It's frednelsonbook.com and you can go and contact him.

20:17And seriously, this needs to be a movie.

20:20It needs to be a movie.

20:21I'm not going to lie to you.

20:22And, and if you guys agree with me, comment below that this should be a movie because I'd like to

20:29see it.

20:31I'd like to see who would play you, Mr. Nelson.

20:36Well, I'm glad to be here.

20:37No, who would play you in the movie?

20:39One, one comment.

20:41My son is a fabulous canoeist and I'd love to have him with me.

20:46I'm more confident canoeing with him than anyone else.

20:50That's amazing.

20:51But who would play you if, if you had this in the movie, who would be you like in the

20:56movie?

20:57Like who would play you?

20:59See, I don't know who it would be.

21:01Oh, you got to think about that.

21:03You have to be a good canoeist.

21:07Well, Mr. Nelson, thank you so much again for being on the show.

21:09I appreciate it.

21:10You guys have to put that link in the description box below that you can go ahead and get that

21:15book.

21:15I would say get the book, but also, you know, everybody like, you know, if you know someone that can

21:21actually turn this into a movie, please do.

21:23My gosh, this is just amazing stuff right here.

21:26And it would go big.

21:28Mr. Nelson, thank you.

21:29Is there anything we left out today?

21:32No, I pretty well summarized it.

21:37I think so.

21:38Except for that movie part of it.

21:40Yeah.

21:42Yeah.

21:42I'm into it.

21:43I'm already seeing it.

21:46Well, thank you guys so much for tuning in.

21:48Don't forget to dare to be different.

21:49And until next time, guys.

21:51Bye.

21:51Mr. Nelson, thank you.

21:53Thank you very much.

21:55I appreciate it.

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