Unless I missed it in all of the posts no one suggested a roll of TP and a roll of duct tape to take care of any crack problems you may have.

: If anyone knows of equipment other than your typical camping gear
: that would be advantageous to use in the Canadian north, please
: let me know. I have 11 days to get my act together before I head
: off into the wild. I have quite a good set up as I understand
: matters of wilderness camping and am shopping for ideas that I
: have not thought of. I have the ICOM VHF Marine Radio, Garmin
: GPS, Aeronautical maps, voice recorder (156 hrs), Canon Rebel
: XTi with 8g card (3500 high res images), bear bangers, flares,
: strobe, fibreglass repair kit, water filter, dehydrated foods of
: a wide variety, quinoa for protein source, power bars, pemmican,
: ditch kit, decent pfd, two paddles, paddle leash, paddle float,
: rescue ropes of various sizes and lengths, premiere first aid
: kit (my own custom equipped kit), knoife (bloody big, eh),
: portage cart, Guinness' in a sack (one per day), tons of clothes
: (no cotton), my wide-brimmed Filson (best hat made in Seattle),
: neo booties/gloves...etc, etc, etc.

: Robert N Pruden