Northern Life
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Struck Dumb
And some days I’m just struck dumb by the incredible beauty and it’s subleties outside my window…
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Giving Thanks.
Monday was our Thanksgiving, and we celebrated much as I have most of my life, with a big family supper. Baked Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Turnips, Glazed Carrots, Cauliflower, and of course dessert… Apple, Pumpkin, and Peanut Butter Pies. Unfortunately holidays always make me miss my family even more than usual, but I did manage to
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Beautiful evening
It is hard imagining a better day in the High Arctic at this time of the year.
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Toasting Marshmallows
Recently I realized that there have been a few things from my youth that I took for granted, toasting marshmallows being one of them. Growing up in an area blessed with forests and woods campfires were just one of those things you did, and often you cut a small sapling or branch, sharpened it to
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The growing dawn
This was the sky this morning at 6:30. How could you not love this view?
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Sunday Drive.
We went for a drive yesterday to Nanisivik, partially to give someone a ride, partially to take some pictures of what’s left of Nanisivik for Stacy (who used to live there), but mostly because it was another beautiful fall day. Here are some pictures from the drive… Here is what is left of the mill.
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Full Moon over Arctic Bay
From a couple of nights ago…
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Henry Larson
The CCGS Henry Larson was at Arctic Bay over the long weekend. Thus far, we’ve seen three of the five icebreakers in the Eastern Arctic fleet (the Larson, Terry Fox and Des Grosslier). The Henry Larson is named for an iconic member of the RCMP.Supt. Henry Larson was born Norwegian but emigrated to Canada and
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Two Words – Spruce Beer!
Here is our rather small sealift grocery order for this year (not half of what we could have ordered, what can I say.. money is tight). Still it did amount to $4200+. Two crates and 7 boxes of frozen (frozen isn’t pictured, it went to the freezer right away). About our only sealift story this