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Bright shining moments
It's been pretty sucky weather wise for the past several days much of our short summer. But it makes it easier to take delight in a shaft of light illuminating a mountain through the dark sky.
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Climbing higher
We are less than a week to Summer Soltice and every day the sun climbs a little higher in the sky. This morning at 1:00 it was just about peeking over the hills behind town, due north. Here is what it looked like (rendered in HDR). You'll notice the "Arctic Bay" sign on the bottom
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When plans fall apart: An iceberg study
Yesterday, the plan was to head out with the family to the cliffs beyond Uluksan to join most of the community for tea. When I got down to Leah's folk's however, Leah and the kids were already in a komatiq ready to pull away, and I got instructions to go with another relative on another
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Be vewy vewy quiet
I'm hunting wabbit (Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) tracks following Arctic Hare tracks) Hmm, I'm not that hungry, perhaps lemming. (following lemming tracks) This will do A little work and I could move right in or perhaps here, it has a well stocked larder.
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Best Job in the World – the write in campaign
Last night I learned that the top fifty spots in The Best Job in the World, had dropped down to forty-nine. Julie, the woman from Russia who was in second place, was gone. There was no explanation. However, a source in Austalia tells me that the radios there have been broadcasting that she was dropped