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Winter
The last couple of days it has felt like I was living in the Arctic. Which, you know, isn't that unusual, being as that is where I live. We are now only a couple of days away from the sun setting for the winter, and are quickly losing light. Driving to work the past two…
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Beat it.
I'm in some pretty good company. As of today, I'm one of the beat writers for the fantastic bird/birding blog, 10,000 Birds. My "beat" is the Canadian Arctic. And while as a bird writer I probably have that niche sewn up, I keep looking at the other beat writers that are also joining 10,000 Birds…
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Smooth
Nothing much for you this morning, just this photo of the new, smooth ice on Arctic Bay from yesterday. The tracks through the ice are left from small boats pushing their way through to go hunting.
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Icy
About 2 days ago Arctic Bay (the body of water) froze over and I think it is safe to say that it is frozen for the season. After several calm days it should be thick enough that no amount of wind will break it up. It will be a nice smooth surface for snowmobiles and…
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Brought down
Those who know the online me, know that I've adopted the Gyrfalcon, KIggavik in Inuktitut, as an online identity (if you will). Our Bed and Breakfast and other business names were called Kiggavik. A quick glance to this blog's URL will show you that it contains "Kiggavik", and pretty much anywhere I've needed a screen…
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Stand, watch
There was a fish derby today, down by the water lake. The whole family went down, as did a good many town's folk. As is usual in these things, I spent most of my time being distracted, rather than fishing. Once again Travis has shown is remarkable ability to detect birds. While we were standing…
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Morning Light
As the speed we rush to the dark season quickens, the skies grow more and more beautiful. Perhaps it's compensation, perhaps its so we better appreciate the Sun slipping below the horizon. Today's sunrise.
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Salvage rights
Hilary pointed out the moon rising above King George after work today. I rushed out and snapped a couple of shots, but with a hand held long lens in low light there was far too much camera shake for a useful photo. Or was there? Here is the best of the bunch, after being played…
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Bobby
I first met Bobby on perhaps my second day up here in Arctic Bay. Down by the breakwater my partner at the time and I discovered that we had a flat tire on the truck. As we started to change it Bobby came up, and started to help, pretty much changing the tire for us.…
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Where light comes
This is from yesterday, the incredible light down Adam's Sound. Slightly more contrasty than real life, but the raw image is every bit as beautiful.
