http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Northwest Territories en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:20:10 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:20:10 BST Well My week. I went out to Edmonton Monday night for a Job interview Tuesday Morning. I spent some great time with my friend Sue. It was fantastic to meet her wonderful little boy. The interview went well and Sue and I did some shopping in the Big City. I flew Canadian North Airlines What a fantastic service. You get a real meal and when they serve drinks you they give you a whole can of pop. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-330591.html What a good day. Mary and I went out to her cabin on River Lake. I let Mary know that I wanted to get out of town this Saturday. She let me know that she had to get out to bale out her boat and invited me to come along. Dakotah and Mary's daughter have become good friends so Dakotah hung out with her while Mary and I and the dogs went out the Ingram trail one of the two roads out of Yellowknife. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-328331.html Light rain. Fog. Nippy.LocationYellowknifeTemperature5 CComfort level8 CDew point4 CBarometer1000 millibarsHumidity93Visibility5 kmWind41 kmh from 240 Southwest by westLast updateTue 800 AM MDTLight rain. Fog. Nippy. is not how I would describe the weather here today. It is miserable. It feels like the temperature and moisture of a Vancouver Rain Storm in December. But add to tha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-326942.html We finally got out and took some pictures of the wobbly roads. They built ON the BOG and disrupted the permafrost. Itrsquos a really weird experience driving on these roads the pictures really don't do it justice. It feels a lot like you are driving on a roller coaster. Like that kids elephant ride at the PNE. We canrsquot believe that the road has sunk so much in places and the concrete does http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-326106.html This week Its funny that the main thing I have the urge to talk about is my walks to work in the morning. It was rainy and cold here almost all week. It warmed up to 4 degrees Celsius this afternoon. There are digital signs up on the street that tell you temperature. Yay. The school board sign also shows the day of the week in English French and one of the Native languages here. I havenrsquot f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-325438.html Talitha is Doing really good with her DrivingYellowknife is a real music town... There seems to be more facilities for live music here than in Kamloops. I went out on Saturday night and watched some performers. I love live music I miss the live music that I got to sing and dance to every sunday. We have a mandalyn at our house. I hope the girls learn to play it. That would be great http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-323635.html Yes it snowed today Here's some proof. It actually stopped before 9 am here not too bad really. But still IT SNOWED today. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-323487.html So the weather turned cold this week. It rained for three days. Just a drisly misty rain. Enough that I was damp when I got to work. And cold. I wore my gloves during the walk to work on Wednesday. The weather dried up for Friday when a bunch of great people from work helped me move a bedroom suite out of one friends house into my place. It's kind of funny how the stuff gets shuffled around from http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-323231.html Monday Morning I took some photos to show you how pretty it is around this city of Yellowknife. I took these as I was walking Daisey this morning just out behind our house. There are several lakes within the city limits of Yellowknife and they are clear and beautiful. There are lots of small trees around mostly pine and aspen and birch growing between the bulges of bedrock. The leaves are just http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-321387.html We had a lot of excitement here in Yellowknife this weekend as we attempt to Stuff up our home.Friday night I located a tv for sale on YK trader. We went over there and got the nearly new 27inch TV A nearly new printerscanner garbage can and broom and dustpan set for 30. Then..I went out to the few garage sales in town on Saturday morning gaining more good stuff then came home got the girls http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-321133.html Well we made it here About 3pm we arrived. The drive was pretty but very much the same for a long long time. And for anyone travelling up here. It would have been really nice to have one of those signs that says Last Gas station for 250km... at High Level. Second call to CAA since I signed up. All about this trip.We overnighted in Hay River. That was a late night and my stomach is feeling a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-318713.html Hello allWe have enjoyed the last part of our journey with our lovely newused car. We saw Faro Keno and Mayo three little towns in the Yukon with boom and bust histories of mining for gold zinc and silver. We saw a cow moose and two calfs ate wild strawberries raspberries saw an abandoned mine travelled gravel roads camped at some very pretty campgrounds...it is nice to be on the roa http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-313578.html Hey heyWe left the story in Dawson City. Now we are in Inuvik Northwest Territories where the only way to get here from Dawson is...THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY....that's right A one way road 750 kilometers of gravel and mud and pot holes And oh yes let us not forget the unforgettable MOSQUITOS. In addition to the challenges we saw some unbelievable views. Beautiful mountains tundra and bor http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-301071.html Well we get ready to leave the deep freeze to start the trip to Australia. A few pictures for you to enjoy the 40C that we've had for well over a weeknow. It's been awful and even Calgary at 20C tonight will be a nice reprieve.Can't wait to get on the plane to Calgary http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-242748.html Tuk http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-193548.html The end of the road music festival http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-193544.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-192391.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-192380.html Delta Survey http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-188910.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-185303.html 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 see http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-184398.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-184276.html 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 httpwww.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 pict http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-179874.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-178149.html Today Sue and I did our sampling from helicopter floats Such an adventure. Some of the lakes Sue has included in her study are more isolated than the ones we have been using the canoe on and would be a 45 min hike dragging the canoe through the forest to get to them. So helicopter is our mode of transportation. Helicopters are soooooo expensive Luckly the Lesack lab has a grant for helicopter t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-177023.html Waves in the channelnbspNorth America raquonbspCanada raquonbspNorthwest Territories raquonbspInuvik By Ocean ladyJuly 1st 2007Sarah Ballard Day 2 in the field Happy Canada Day We missed all the town festivities because we were out on the delta. But from what we heard I probably would have prefered to be out on the delta anyways. We did get cake which a local woman bakes when w http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-176089.html Well today was our first field day on the Mackenzie delta and the weather apparently did not know this or maybe it did.... Sue is studying the landscapelevel variation of dissolved organic carbon amoung the delta lakes particularly the effects on food web structure and implications of the future ie global warming. We roared down the silt filled channel in our 16 foot motor boat. Sue says tha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-175712.html Yesterday I arrived in Inuvik NWT The land of the midnight sun For those of you who do not know where that is look at a map you will find me at the top of the world Inuvik is 2 degrees north of the Arctic Circle on the Mackenzie River Delta. The environment as somewhere between the treeless tundra and the northern boreal forest and as I saw from the flight in the is in the middle of an i http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Inuvik/blog-175292.html If your not already in a boredom induced coma here is the final installmenthellipWhile the entire trip was a challenge and provided me with the opportunity to visit some amazing places it definitely stepped up a notch over for the last of the distance. This was when I crossed the Arctic Circle an imaginary line being the furthest south that the sun will shine for 24 hours during the summer http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/blog-62848.html Well here we go again another well overdue addition to my blogg. Here are a few more details and shots of my paddle trip. I hope you enjoy.As part of this adventure I had planned a side trip to the Great Bear Lake where the fishing was said to be legendary. Every photo I saw of this place featured a sun burnt overweight international visitor with bad glasses holding a fish that would have made R http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/blog-62839.html