Today being Sunday, I thought I would head on out with my camera and start taking some photos so I can take you, my readers, on a little tour of Arctic Bay. I only got about half-way through the town as the winds up here today are ferocious and quite bitting at any exposed skin (-33 and with the windchill it's at least -40). So enjoy part one of the tour, and I will post up part two when the weather warms up a little more so I can get the rest of the pictures needed.
My Corner of Town
Qamutiiqs on the Ice
Crack in the Ice
Houses and School in the Background
Building resembling Traditional Housing
thanks for the info Clare!
The Health Center
The Northern (our Grocery Store, Bank and Post Office
Kennie, just a note that the building you have labeled as Traditional Housing really isn't. It was a building meant to resemble a qarmaq which is traditional housing, and was originally supposed to be a museum/cultural centre I believe. There is an example of a qarmaq farther down the beach below the Hamlet
After spending six years living and teaching in the Canadian Arctic (Nunavut and Yukon), I returned to the Maritimes to work at my Alma Mater, The University of New Brunswick, as the Media Lab Supervisor with the Centre for Enhanced Teaching and Learning. At the Media Lab I help faculty and students learn how to use instructional and media technology in their classes and projects.
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These are great.
Love your new header!
Thank-you! Thought it was time for a little change .... plus I'm getting VERY anxious for the sun's return .... 18 Days to Go!!!
Kennie, just a note that the building you have labeled as Traditional Housing really isn't. It was a building meant to resemble a qarmaq which is traditional housing, and was originally supposed to be a museum/cultural centre I believe. There is an example of a qarmaq farther down the beach below the Hamlet
Ahh-haaa - that's what I though, but the kids were so confident with what they were telling me ... I'll fix that up - thanks Clare!
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