Their stuff is still all in the canoe, which is really light and designed to be picked up and carried around. It'll be easy enough to get the whole thing on Appa's saddle. 

And enough room for everyone to sit, still!

Appa's pretty big. 

That's how sky bisoncats are.

"Do they get bigger?"

"Not much. Appa's pretty near full-grown."

"Neat."

"What makes it a sky bisoncat," Taqqiq wonders.

"Good question." She gives Dechen a curious look. 

"You might want to hold on to something..."

She'll grab the saddle? 

Taqqiq has a sudden bad feeling.

"Appa, yip yip!"

Appa flaps their tail - and then with a rumble, almost a roar - they leap, pushing off with all their legs at once - and the ice falls away below them as they take flight. 

Whoa!

Whoa!!

Dechen loves this part!

She can see why!!!

Amaruq leans over the side to watch the ocean fall away below them. 

"Okay, question answered. Can we go back down now please."

"But this is fun! And fast!" Amaruq twists around to grin at her sister. "You know, we'd make it to the North Pole much faster if we flew the whole way."

"Human beings were not designed to fly through the air."

"Sky bisoncats are, though."

Taqqiq has Doubts about the veracity of that statement.

"Flying being an abomination of nature is half the fun!"

"What's wrong with paddling? Paddling is perfectly reliable. Time-tested. Predictable."