The most common way to get around town in the winter is by far the snowmobile. All the other vehicles are trucks of one sort or another. I've only seen one car in town - an all-wheel-drive Subaru owned by one of the nurses.
-30° doesn't really stop anyone from getting out. Some kids playing, probably around 9 pm:
Aside from a few dinners with the nurses, our social life here has revolved around a group of 8- to 14-year-olds who frequently come to visit. We had about 15 kids here the other day, making cookies. We probably aren't the most exciting hosts, but the kids seem to be fairly well entertained by Binda, the computer, a deck of cards, and Scrabble. But the favourite toy is the digital camera. Here's a shot someone took from our upstairs loft:
A tour of town....
Rabbit hides, maybe destined to become someone's mittens:
Overlooking the Coppermine River:
"New Town":
We saw three kids trying to catch ptarmigans. Apparently this is possible, but these kids didn't have any luck. Can you see the ptarmigans? Nice camouflauge, eh?
Three komatiks stacked up - komatiks are sleds pulled behind snowmobiles (and behind dogsleds in the past):
-30° doesn't really stop anyone from getting out. Some kids playing, probably around 9 pm:
Aside from a few dinners with the nurses, our social life here has revolved around a group of 8- to 14-year-olds who frequently come to visit. We had about 15 kids here the other day, making cookies. We probably aren't the most exciting hosts, but the kids seem to be fairly well entertained by Binda, the computer, a deck of cards, and Scrabble. But the favourite toy is the digital camera. Here's a shot someone took from our upstairs loft:
A tour of town.... The primary school is in the foreground, the high school is the one with the fish on it (I'm guessing that's an Arctic char, the local speciality), and the Northern store is in the distance on the left:
The Co-op is our other store:
Notice all the buildings are built up off the ground, so they don't melt the permafrost and sink into it. Both stores have food and some clothes, hardware, snowmobile parts, toys, ice augers, etc.... Most services are found at one or the other - the post office, banking, tax services, mail order.
The Co-op is our other store:
Notice all the buildings are built up off the ground, so they don't melt the permafrost and sink into it. Both stores have food and some clothes, hardware, snowmobile parts, toys, ice augers, etc.... Most services are found at one or the other - the post office, banking, tax services, mail order.The recreation complex contains a hockey rink and curling sheet, and hosts a lot of other community events:
The hockey rink. That's the Nunavut flag on the left:
The hockey rink. That's the Nunavut flag on the left:
The Pentecostal church, one of three churches in town:
Rabbit hides, maybe destined to become someone's mittens:
Overlooking the Coppermine River:
"New Town":
We saw three kids trying to catch ptarmigans. Apparently this is possible, but these kids didn't have any luck. Can you see the ptarmigans? Nice camouflauge, eh?
Three komatiks stacked up - komatiks are sleds pulled behind snowmobiles (and behind dogsleds in the past):
Binda leaves her mark.....
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