Northern Life
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Bearded Seal
Yesterday we headed out in the cold grey day in the face of a steady rain to go boating up Admiralty Inlet. Our goal was Baillarge Bay which is one of the four fjords that run east off Admiralty Inlet here (from north to south they are Elwin Inlet, Baillarge Bay, Strathcona Sound and Adam's
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A mountain of Fog
So Fall is definitely trying to assert itself here. It was a gorgeous day for most of the day, sunny, warm and calm, but now the cool wet weather has descended upon us. It feels like Fall. We are into the days on the calender that anything can happen. The first year I was here,
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A limit
I wonder if there is a theoretical limit to the number of photos of icebergs, fog and the St George's Society Cliffs one can post before the audience becomes over-satiated? While I was taking this photo Leah and the others were picking blueberries. When I went to get them I took the opportunity to
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Sealift season is upon us
The first (well second, the fuel ship was here and left) sealift ship of the year has arrived, disgorged, and departed. I'm anxiously awaiting the next one, because that is the one with our goods on it.
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Fully Completely
I'm constantly in awe of the world I live in. Even more so in these days of changing light, and constantly changing tableaux unfold before me. Last night, in the hills outside of town, I stood at the edge of the road looking back toward Adam's Sound and Arctic Bay. Leah, Hilary, and Leah's sister
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The bear watchers
A couple of days ago the bears were still hanging about Victor Bay (they're still there apparently). They were a long ways off but we had the best views from the new sewage lagoon. I was more taken by the bear watchers than the bears. The bears are nice, but like I
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Weaseling out
While you can't always get what you want, some times you get what is pretty darn interesting in its own right. Two nights ago, we headed over to Victor Bay to see if we could get another look at the bears, but there was none to be found. They are still around though, and we
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The Bears went over the mountain
We'd just finished supper last night. Well, we'd just finished cleaning up and lazing about last night when Leah's dad came in with news. Three polar bears were over in Victor Bay, and they'd been right near some of the tents. It was like a fire drill, or a missile drill (um, is anyone else
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Tank Commander
I suppose an explanation is in order first. Our water comes in a truck. There are no water lines lying neatly underground supplying an endless stream of water. Or above the ground for that matter. Because of the permafrost here laying pipe to supply water is impossible. There are utilidor systems of insulated, heated pipes