April 18th

This lovely day we borrowed a snowmobile from D-, quana! Locals call them "machines". Which is accurate if vague. We drove out of town and it was beautiful.

From this self portrait you'd think I wasn't having a good time, but I merely was squinting in the bright snowy glare. :) If only I had snow goggles!

Ice fishing. Seriously Northern.

We bought snow goggles that day, so I had to try them on. :)

Fore!

We walked out to the Kugluktuk Coronation Golf Club on April 20th. The ice road on the ocean was in good shape despite the warm weather. I took tons of photos, but I shot with HDR blending in mind, and they sit unblended. Bad Steven. Here are a few single exposure captures for your viewing pleasure in the meantime.

April 17th

We're dialing the wayback machine to April 17th!

I'm not sure what my fascination is with doors. Not The Doors, though I like them too. Doors, perhaps it's not knowing what is on the other side.

This photo is here to let you know we had a heat wave in Kugluktuk this April, very few days were at the seasonal -10C, in fact quite a few went above zero!

Zoom, zoom. :D

17.6 hours of daylight!

I found this neat website today that shows you the daylight hours for your latitude.

Punch in the 67.49 for Kugluktuk and you get:

http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/daylighthoursexplorer.html

17.6 hours of daylight today! Getting warmer here too, was above zero yesterday and there was major slush and melting going on. The forecast for today is that it'll only go up to -1C, so we might not be as slushy today.

Until next time!

Edit:

One error above, I had dialed in May 2 as the date not April 20! So that's what we'll get then, was a bit less the week before obviously! :)

-30C won't stop us from walking out on the ice road.

Ice road truckin, Kugluktuk style! Paula stood on the median for this photograph, with the other half of the highway on her right.

Sittin on the bank of snow ...

I love photographing rusted metal.

Hides. Probably Musk Ox.

Kamatik and husky. We haven't seen one pulled by dogs, only by snowmobiles. :)

The Latest From Kugluktuk

Yup, it's true! Although Steven and I have enjoyed our time in Kugluktuk we are heading home. Unfortunately my leave request from Halifax Regional School Board has been denied. Steven and I have decided to return to Nova Scotia the first week of August. I have already started packing although we will not be bringing back most things. We'll have a huge yard sale to save on moving costs. Now we will be able to have our western road trip early. We leave Kugluktuk in early July and will travel to the Yukon, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia for a month. We are looking forward to seeing and doing new things while we travel. Most of all we are looking forward to campfires over looking Tucker Lake and reconnecting with family and friends.

Walk to the graveyard

Look ma no parka! Paula suns herself on the Kugluktuk dock after a walk across the river to the graveyard and back. Today's high was -10C! Tropical!

Everyone is taking advantage of the holiday and nice weather. Caused a bit of a lineup at the only gas station in town.