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Open Mic
Kent of the North, just had a brief post of a reporter at WNBC New York, who made a comment on air not realizing her microphone was live. I’m not sure what was said as the clip that he posted is no longer valid. But the point made is that around microphones one should always…
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They have returned
Yesterday, some gulls returned to Arctic Bay, possibly even beating the Snow Buntings back. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the return of the Snow Buntings, listening and watching and hadn’t seen any yet, when Leah told me last night that there were Nauja (gulls) down on the sea ice. So this afternoon Hilary and I took…
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Another Mother’s Day
I’m not sure that we ever really give our mother’s their due. I mean, how can we really? We are their children and we embody almost every one of their hopes and fears for the future. My mother would never forgive me if I publicly posted her age here, but she has three grown children,…
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Fail
Not quite the photo I wanted…
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Scenes from a Quest too
Wednesday, saw the end of the race here in Arctic Bay. Things started to happen around noon, when the barbeques were fired up down on the ice and lunch was provided for anyone who wanted. There were, of course, games, while the crowd waited. There are always games. Around two thirty the snowmobiles, and komatik,…
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Scenes from a Quest
The Nunavut Quest dog team race ended here in Arctic Bay yesterday. The race itself ended but there are still festivities going on until the weekend. The final leg was won by Moses Oyukuluk of Arctic Bay and he may have won the overall title but the winners won’t be announced until a dance on…
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Worldwide
Statcounter has a feature that shows a map of the world with the location of your hits on it. I look at it from time to time and think it would be pretty cool to have hits from the six populated continents. (Not sure if I’ve ever had a hit from Antarctica since the Simon…
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Infernal Combustion Engines
I’m not what you would call very mechanical. I wish I was, and darn it mechanical skills should be innate. Shouldn’t they? Luckily I live in a place where everyone else is a small engine mechanic. It is not unusual to come across someone on the land, tarp filled with parts spread out beside their…
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Franklin,
It is always interesting to read of the modern popular take of Sir John Franklin as “unimaginative” incompetent and the author of his final Arctic Expeditions demise (see the comments in this CBC article). Franklin was chosen, partly because of lobbying, but partly because he was the British Officer with the most Arctic experience. His…
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The look of TBOABN
I’ve sort of settled on a look for The Birds of Arctic Bay, Nunavut (TBOABN) after fiddling with the design during the weekend. Once I add some content and put it up it should look something like this…
