Our trip to Cape Dorset, January 2009. The weather was cold, -40 C, and
quite windy.
Days were short, the sun was low on the horizon for the 6 hours between
sunrise and sunset.
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Marvin and Rick |
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Arriving in the north, at the Iqaluit airport. This was day 2 of travel, the first day the plane turned back due to bad weather. |
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Modern Life |
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A woman wearing a traditional amautik, carrying her child on her back, chats on a cell phone. |
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Snow Machines |
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One snow machine towing another from the container, used as a shed. This snow machine has "reverse". |
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Walking in the cold |
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Cold and windy day, with the snow blowing off the rocks, the roads are hard backed snow on top of gravel. |
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Cold |
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Late in the day approaching dusk, the snow blows across the sky. |
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Kinngait Inn |
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The brown building in the centre of the image is our hotel. |
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Snowy Day |
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The weather was cold, this was mostly blowing snow, late in the day. |
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Sculpture Studio |
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The sculptors work out of doors, year round, this is a typical arrangement. |
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Dog Team |
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A traditional sled dog team, lives outdoors year round, this was feeding time so ravens were circling around, waiting to steal a scrap of food. |
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A little cold won't stop us! |
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Taking photos |
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Standing in front of the Kinngiat Inn. |
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Waterfront |
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The larger boat is the size that's used to bring stone from the quarry. Smaller boats such as these are used for walrus hunting. |
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Walking to the Airport |
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Last day in town, hoping that the weather clears enough for flights to leave. |
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Arriving in Iqaluit |
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There was a clear blue sky, the temperature was -32. |
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"I think it's over there" |
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Across the Hudson Strait |
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Just behind this hill was the edge of the ice floe, and open water. |
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Government buildings |
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Decentralized Nunavut Territory government buidling on the left, with employee housing on the right. |
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