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Incident at Mickey’s Camp
It had already been a busy shift, and technically we hadn’t even started it yet. In the first 20 minutes since 5:00, when we came on call, Tom and I had responded to ten complaints, and it seemed like everyone was just getting warmed up. We needed to head back to the office to regroup,…
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Pardon
A news item on the CBC announced that Britan is expected to announce on Wednesday that they are seeking a Royal Pardon for some 306 Commonwealth soldiers executed for cowardice or desertion during the Great War. This includes 23 Canadian soldiers executed at that time. Two others were executed during the war for murder. Canada…
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The Sky This Morning
This is the sky this morning at 3:00 am
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Our Buzz
We finally got our guest book, and feeling rather self-important today I thought I’d share some of our client’s comments with you. What follows are extracts but I promise I’m not editing anything negative out of them. "No Ivory Gulls! The comfort & food almost made up for that. All of us truly enjoyed the…
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Heat Wave
It’s just hot! The past two or three days have been hovering around 13C and today it’s 14C. I just came in from sitting on the deck, soaking in the sun in shorts. If there was a breeze it would be right pleasant but it just seems hot now. This is by far the nicest…
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Sunrise, Sunset
Some time, in the last two or three days, the sun began setting. We will now have three months or so of rapidly diminishing sun, before it sets for three months. On average we lose 20 minutes of sun every day until November 5th when the sun sets. It is still light here for 24…
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Close Encounters of the Bunting Kind
We’ve had a lot of visits at the House lately from birds. Both American Pipits, Lapland Longspurs and Snowbuntings come to the deck several times a day. About 10 minutes ago I opened the door to the Great Room to cool off the house. I stepped out onto the clients deck to take in some…
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Cruising
On Saturday Arctic Bay was visited by the first cruise ship of the year. The Hanseatic pulled in around noon and soon there were a couple hundred orange clad tourists walking around. The Hamlet put on a bit of a cultural show for them down around the qarmaq and a craft/art sale for them later…
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I and the Bird #29
You look like you could use a break, you know a vacation. Now would be a good time to hop in with Leigh over at Alis Volat Propiis and join her on her vacation. She’s heading all over the place with I and the Bird #29. No really, the trip will do you a world…
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Narwhal Pod Podcasts
Thought I’d share with you some short video of the Narwhals that came into Victor Bay over the past few days. Bear in mind that these videos were shot with point and shoot digital cameras. Here is one from the first day we saw them (the second day they were there).Download Narwhal1stmorning.MOV The second time…
