Fata morgana.

A fairly common (and complex) type of mirage for this area, a fata morgana is an image of the ice in the sky. It occasionally looks like a vast city or a mountain range, but more often than not, it resembles a huge advancing glacier. Fata morganas don't like being photographed either - you have to use a slow shutter speed.

There's still ice out there!

June 29th 2010
Hello again. There is still a fair amount of sea-ice lingering around on bay near Churchill and every day brings us newly shaped sculptures. It seems as if this warm spring has encouraged every flowering plant to blossom earlier than normal making the tundra a rainbow of colours, we have counted about 40 different species of flowering plants on our hikes in the area. The warmth has also alerted ... read more

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more

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