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Pulled
Today the remaining boats were pulled from the water, as it looks as though freeze up has begun to take hold. But for this wind the bay would be solid.
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The wait
The last sunset of the season is only about a week and a half away. How quickly we change to the dark season. This year we've had so many overcast skies that the dark season has crept up even more quickly. There have been so very few dramatic sunrises and sets this fall, just varying…
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Shark!
When most people think about our wildlife in the High Arctic it is our mammals that get all the attention. Polar Bear, Narwhal, Bowhead Whale, Beluga, Ringed Seal, Bearded Seal and the like all spring to mind first when you think about our oceanic fauna. So its not on very many people's radar that we…
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Is there anybody out there?
Last Thursday, sometime early in the morning the Anik F2 satellite decided it needed a little more sun. The Anik F2, a behemoth communications satellite parked in orbit above North America, oriented itself towards the Sun, rather than down here towards northern Canada. And for the better part of the day it gave us a…
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Playing in the dark
I know I've been a bad blogger. My muse is on vacation. But, I do have a new post up on 10,000 Birds. Dark deeds, indeed.
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Jupiter Rising
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Where was I?
It has become the great measuring stick for iconic events. Do you remember where you were when "X" happened. And it is one we heard of with great frequency this past weekend of remembrance and anniversary. And for the record, 10 years ago on September 11th, I was sitting in my office at the Detachment…
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Because the world needs more photos of icebergs
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Stream
A couple of photos from a long day of boating on Saturday. These however were taken on the land.
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Ship building
It has been a fairly busy season up here for visits by ships and yachts. I suppose a harbinger of things to come, between the Naval facility and the opening up of the Northwest Passage. At one time, during Operation Nanook we had four ships in Arctic Bay, two Naval and two Coast Guard, and…
