Northern Life
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City of Dust
We have had sublime weather so far this summer. It harkens back to the summers when I first arrived up here, before the world forgot that this is supposed to be a desert. Blue skies, punctuated by the occasional cloud, and lately, hardly a breath of wind. The downside to all this fantastic weather is
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Tired
… so all you get are a bunch of random photos. Apparently Arctic Hares like to munch on poppies. Sled dog portrait An Arctic Trifecta: King Eider, Long-tailed Duck, and Red-throated Loon Hare today, gone in a couple of seconds Two Ravens playing with a feather Travis, Bolt and a couple of the pups
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Proud to be Canadian
Happy Canada Day everyone. Although I miss wearing Red Serge every July 1st, I know I'm a lucky man to live in a special part of a special country. As Queen Elizabeth II said today at the celebrations in Ottawa (which was produced by my cousin by the way) this country "… has dedicated itself
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Fishing for them Ugly fish
Last night Frank and Leah May had their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, and part of the games involved a mini fish derby for Sculpin.
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Meet the puppies
Nine days old, and starting to venture out, much to our consternation. Here are the fab five.
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Fishing at the water lake
Soon after the river begins to flow in earnest, it opens up the ice at its mouth at Marcil Lake, our water source. That signals that it is time to do some fishing there. As it is but a short distance from town, people get out there frequently to fish, before or as the fish
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Day tripper
I absolutely love this time of year, by far my favourite time of the year in the Arctic. It's warm in the sun that never sets, travel on the ice is easy, and the birds are here busy trying to cram another breeding season into a short season. Everyone here is trying to cram as
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Breaking Through
Sun through the clouds, Victor Bay