Northern Life
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Ship building
It has been a fairly busy season up here for visits by ships and yachts. I suppose a harbinger of things to come, between the Naval facility and the opening up of the Northwest Passage. At one time, during Operation Nanook we had four ships in Arctic Bay, two Naval and two Coast Guard, and
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Soothsayer
Not tea leaves, but blue berries.
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Broken wings
And now 'tis man who dares assault the sky . . . And as we come to claim our promised place, Aim only to repay the good you gave, And warm with human love the chill of space. — Prof. Thomas G. Bergin It seems like it has been a hellish month, this last
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Weir
The past couple of weeks I spent a great deal of time at the outflow of Marcil Lake, getting in some late season bird counts, and enjoying the wildlife, and the solitude. I always paused at this feature in the river, imagining the activity that teemed here a number of years ago. This, is a
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How to photograph an Ermine. The importance of sleep.
It is blueberry season up here. The weather has been gorgeous. Those two statements together mean we have spent all of our evenings out picking blueberries, hands down one of Leah's favourite activities. Now, when I say we have been picking blueberries I'm stretching the truth a little, for I've done very little. I've birded
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Cool running
Not an iceberg, but some bergy bits for a bit of a photographic break.