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Duluth's Gary Fiedler takes 221-day solo Boundary Waters trip

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Gary Fiedler on Basswood Lake
Courtesy Dawn M. LaPointe

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A lot of people start with a long weekend when they head for the Boundary Waters. More experienced trekkers will shoot for a week or 10 days. And then there's Gary Fiedler.

Fiedler is a Duluth photographer who recently returned from a seven-month canoe trip that he started when the lakes were still frozen. He took 40,000 photographs during his trip and joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the experience.

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Bears at Fall Lake
Gary Fiedler saw this black bear family on three separate occasions eating blueberries in Quetico Provincial Park. This photo was take on day 123 of his trip seven-month Boundary Waters trip.
Courtesy Gary L. Fiedler
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Fiedler's trip at night
During day 191 of Gary Fiedler's Boundary Waters canoe trip, he was under a star-filled sky splashed with the aurora.
Gary L. Fiedler