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Gone Fishin’ – More photos
Some additional photos from our May long weekend Fishing trip… Campsite Fishing Puppies!
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Gone Fishin’, part three
Link to Part One Strangely, or not if you know of my wife's love of fishing and competition, our day started bright and early at 7:00 am despite getting to sleep at 4:30 am. I awoke as Leah crawled out from under the sleeping bag, ready to get a start fishing. Now I like fishing,…
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Gone Fishin’, part two
Link to Part one… The fishing spot at Kugarjuk lies in a low gentle valley, and our approach to the valley was down a small draw. But perhaps a bit of a primer on Komatiqs is in order first. A komatiq is a marvel. The two runners sit angled on the surface to run straight,…
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Snow Bunting
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They say its your Blogoversary
Yesterday, for some reason, I thought, I must becoming up to the Blogoversary of the House and other Arctic musings soon. When I looked at the little countdown icon on the sidebar (which for some strange reason has stopped working today) I was surprised to see it was today. Timed that well, I did. Five…
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Harey
Last night on our drive we came across a couple of Arctic Hares near First Bridge, still in their winter cloaks. So a few photos for your, er, entertainment? Hare #1 The second was beautifully backlit by the night sun. And more accommodating than Hare #1 Very Accommodating But there is only so much a…
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Gone Fishin’
For much of Canada the Victoria Day Weekend (the May Long) is the kick off to Summer. People head off in campers and cars, to beaches and campgrounds, and that cabin at the lake. Very few of them are thinking about ice fishing. But up here on the May Long, that is exactly what occupies…
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Mitey Springtails
One of the really cool things about my son, I mean really, really cool, is that he's curious about the world about him. I don't know about you, but I can't think of many qualities I want more in my children. Whenever friends have children, and I write them a note or comment about it…
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Time passes
When last I went fishing at the Fish Derby Travis looked like this (just under 2 years old) This week he looked like this (just under 8 years old) More on the Fish Derby later.
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Redpolls
In the eleven years I've been living up here I didn't see a redpoll until last fall. The redpolls are a small bird, and amazingly some remain in the High Arctic even through our winter. But even though I'm quite familiar with the two species of them (Hoary and Common) from feeders down south, I'd…
