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The beast within
A little over a week ago we had a dog attack in town. A toddler, aged 2 or 3, was mauled by three dogs as he played near his home. Another child raced and got his grandfather who stopped the attack, and saved the boy. Having spent a good deal of my adult life policing…
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On to Ikpikituarjuk
Photo by Leah Ejangiaq Kines In the late morning we struck camp at Ijjujuarjuk and headed down the road to Ikpikituarjuk. Despite it being one of the most popular areas here for fishing and camping it is another place I'd never been to before. Dozens of Ringed Seals dotted the ice, taking full advantage of…
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Red-necked Phalarope
Last night, thanks once again to my sharp eyed son who saw the bird drop in behind me, I saw a Red-necked Phalarope at my favourite spot, the outflow of Marcil Lake. Now its a new bird at that location for me but I have seen them before. This however, is the first time I've…
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Avinga and the avinga
In the early spring, when the Sun has warmed and you can feel its strength, even if the air temperature stays cool, the lemmings emerge from their tunnels under the snow. Before the snow has a chance to glaze into a hard, shiny crust their tracks can often be seen as they go on excursions…
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Go ask Alice
Now that the first migrants have begun arriving we tend to get out for a drive almost every night, looking to see who is new to the neighbourhood. Sunday, after seeing the first Canada Goose of the year, we continued on to First Bridge, where this Arctic Hare hunkered down in the lea of a…
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Opening the flood gates
I've got a new post up on 10,000 Birds, And so it begins. My new schedule there is the last Sunday of each month. So go visit and show me some love. Migration is underway up here and although I speak of it as a large influx, it is nothing compared to the fall out…
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Six years
If not for a comment from a reader I'd have missed my blogoversary Saturday. That is kind of indicative of the drop in attention I've been paying to it of late. Six years I've been at this game. For someone with my attention plan that's an incredibly long time. I'm proud of this little space…
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Ijjujuarjuk
I find it impossible to adequately convey just how jaw dropping beautiful the land is up here. I feel that way about the scenery right around town, but it is scenery that I see daily. On those far too few occasions that I get out traveling farther afield, well, I become all too aware…
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Photo workshop
I'm more than a little pumped today. Dave Brosha is in town leading a photography workshop. And I need all the help I can get. And because I now know that photos of Inuksuit are the single largest selling Arctic image, heres a photo of a couple of them from last night. Right there, on…
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I’m late, I’m late
Beautiful drive at lunch yesterday with a somewhat co-operative Arctic Hare posing in the bright warm sun. Here's two photos for you.
