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Sarah Ballard
This blog was inspired by the memory of my beautiful friend Nastassia Kunz who shared her adventures with all of us, http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/living-the-dream/ Ocean lady
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The end of the Road music festival/Buddy:)
Published: August 19th 2007North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Inuvik
Boating and swimm'in in the delta
Published: August 18th 2007North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Inuvik
August 4th 2007
What better way to end a day than swimming and boating with friends:) After work Sean and I took our pals, Joana, Emily, Greg, Dan and his friend Ruth, out into the delta. And then we took a dip in one of our sample sites! Brrrrrrr... read more
Great Northern Arts Festival
Published: August 18th 2007North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Inuvik
July 26th 2007
I did not get as many photos of this festival as I wanted to, but I did get many videos of the drummers! This was the 19th Great Northern Arts festival held in Inuvik, NWT. This is a world class event that showcases the north, northernart and artists to the world! The festival brings people together to celebrate the art and to pass on their individual skills and traditions. There is a gallery set up with hundreds of works of art from a limited number of artists and events are held throughout the week. Sue, Jolie and I attended the opening ceremony for the festival last friday. We arrived at the end of the speechs but we were just in time to see the Inuvik drummers and dancers perform (videos). The WHALEBONE was also brought in ... read more
Drivin' down the Dempster...lookin' for adventure
Published: August 9th 2007North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Inuvik
July 25th 2007
Today I got to drive down the Dempster Highway to the Peel River crossing just past Fort Mcpherson with Jolie and Sean. We collected some water samples from the Peel River, the Arctic Red and the Mackenzie river. The Dempster Highway is extremely dusty, as you can see in my photos! It is a one of a kind drive though. Our first "stop" was to catch the mini ferry across the channel where Arctic Red and Mackenzie merge. From here we drove straight to Fort McPherson. Fort McPherson is a Gwich'in community along the Peel River, connected to Dawson and Inuvik by the Dempster Highway. There are only 900 people in this community. The highlight here was the burial site of the Lost Patrol. The RCMP Lost Patrol consisted of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald, Constables G.F. ... read more
Life through a bug net...
Published: August 7th 2007North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Inuvik
July 22nd 2007
Hello everyone! These are some more photos of the town, the famous Trapper pub included, but only from the outside... There is a photo of one of our big experiments set up outside, with all the bugs! Speaking of bugs I also included a video on here of the bugs that Sean took when we went out to get some water. You see all those little dots on the screen? Yes those are BUGS! Enjoy ... read more
July 16th 2007
I finally got a chance to tour Our Lady of Victory church, better known throughout the western Arctic as the "Igloo Church." It is said to be the most photographed building in Inuvik. Which is not surprising considering it is a large circular structure surmounted by a byzantine dome, crowned by a cupola topped by a cross in a town of squat rectangular buildings. It is funny that this building seemed to sit more comfortably and congruously in the arctic than the shoebox-shaped house around town. The tour was given by Father Mathew a Nigerian Priest who has been in Inuvik for 5 years. He did a very great job telling us of the history of the church and the structure is not the only intriguing part. The church was designed by a local Catholic ... read more
July 14th 2007
Wild Saturday night at the Trapper. The Trapper is the local pub in Inuvik and this past Saturday night a talent show was held in the establishment! This social event was being held to raise funds for the End of the Road Music festival (http://www.eotrmusic.com/) held every year in Inuvik mid August so we all went out. I was told it is illegal to take photos inside so I will have to get some pictures of the outside of the Trapper, it is totally welly and looks even sketchier than the Cecil, hee hee. There were about 10 performers all singing, playing guitar and fiddle. There was one amazing fiddler that got the crowd going. I think he probably won but we left before the winner was announced. Sean and I both won the door ... read more
July 6th 2007
Today was my first day off in Inuvik! Everything about the arctic zone is deeply interesting to me I hardly know where to start my exploring here. So I have started to talk with some local people here to get some ideas of the area. I had a meeting with Ed McLean, an ecosystems scientist at the Inuvik parks canada office. He gave me some great leads for graduate supervisors that are doing marine/fish studies in the area with grand funding. I then proceeded to the library to do some fun silent reading on the carpet... (grade 1 style) I found a couple good books about the western arctic to mentally chew on. When I had to pee I decided it was time to move on. Next I checked out a local art store where ... read more
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