tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51257860865302617492024-03-18T20:57:33.518-07:00On the Road to NowhereAs a new resident on the Road to Nowhere in Iqaluit, this blog is meant to catalogue some of my experiences as a newbie to the North.On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-17808499107706378922011-10-22T11:05:00.000-07:002011-10-22T11:07:55.703-07:00Much overdue update (cont.)Here is a continuation of the previous post. I felt these pictures required their own post since they were taken in a completely different season (beautiful Fall!), and since they are all from when my father came up to visit! They also deserve their own little bit of mise-en-contexte considering the significance of my Dad taking time out of his ridiculously busy schedule to come to Iqaluit for a few days. My dad has a very demanding job as chief of staff for the City of Ottawa and essentially works 18 hour days and barely sees the light of day, other than on his drive to and from work.. and even then, he gets up so early and comes home so late that he doesn't see much sunshine then either! Ok, maybe I'm slightly exaggerating since he does take in a few hours of daylight here and there on the weekend (when he's not busy renovating something in his home.. a serious workaholic I tell you!). Anyhow, the point is that when my Dad left Iqaluit, he had walked, hiked, and slept more than he had in the last 6 months (see 6 years). Not only that, but I can proudly say that his face had regained a bit of colour! I was overjoyed that he got to experience what the fresh Iqaluit air can do for you, and infinitely thankful for his visit.<br />
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</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-25810343826799381752011-10-22T10:44:00.000-07:002011-10-22T11:18:21.024-07:00Much overdue update!Hello all! When I wrote my last blog entry the snowy banks of Koojesse Inlet were just beginning to melt away, and as I started writing this much overdue update it dawned on me that not only have both Spring and Summer come and gone, but Fall has also made way for an early Winter. That's right, it's Winter here right now. In fact, at this very moment, all I can hear are blistering gushes of wind blowing powdery snow onto my window screen, thus completely blocking my view of what would be a very cold but extremely beautiful Winter scene... and all this merely a few days before Halloween! I remember the disappointment I would feel on Halloween nights when our parents would make us wear our snowsuits under our Halloween costumes because they deemed it too cold outside. I am curious to see how kids fare up here in that regard! Anyhow, I have so much to update that I don't know where to begin. So much time has passed and so many things have happened. I suppose it's becoming increasingly harder to update this blog because with every day that goes by I feel significantly less like I'm "visiting" and more like I am at home here. This shift actually took place back in the Summer and was triggered by my visit to Ottawa; that was when I realized that I was beginning to feel more at home in my house on Road to Nowhere and with my friends from small northern communities like Rankin Inlet and Resolute (communities of which I admittedly knew nothing to little about before moving here). Speaking of the people I have met up here: the people I have come to call friends over these past 9 months (can you believe it has been NINE months?) have had such a meaningful impact on my life. Every day I am thankful for the connections I have made and the amazing individuals I have the privilege of calling my friends. But to get back to my original point about finding it difficult to update this blog frequently: it has become increasingly difficult to do so because I no longer feel the need to report to the world "back home" about my life "up North" because "up North" has become my home (for how long, even I'm not sure) and my life "up here" is simply my life. That being said, I know there are lots of things I would love to share with the people who look forward to these updates, especially the greatest woman I've ever met, my grand-maman Isabelle! So I will put up some pictures with a small bit of information and let your imagination figure out the rest!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom and son huddled, and the only fish caught all evening... Caught by grandma nonetheless!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was at the feast put up for the Governor General's visit.. The tuktu (caribou) went fast!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunset on Upper Base Road with Ivalu.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-46646904958583682022011-06-23T19:39:00.000-07:002011-07-03T06:39:12.141-07:00Gone Fishin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yesterday evening I went with my friend Jeff, his friend Sam, his cousin Kevin, as well as his cousin's wife Louise and daughter Shauna to set up nets to catch fish in the hopes of picking up a few tips on how to catch fish. The trek out to the edge of the land was really stunning. We didn't end up being able to set any nets because the ice was too shifty and they didn't have a safe way of getting down to the water from the icy edge. Hopefully I will get to go again soon! I love learning about anything that has to do with living off the land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wolf skull in the back of Jeff's pick-up truck.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-70814494065591499982011-06-10T19:34:00.000-07:002011-06-10T19:36:34.440-07:00Springtime in the back of my mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, I know all you fine folks living it up in the "South" are pretty much over Spring at this point, but out here, it is in full effect!... And it is wonderful! Springtime in Iqaluit has been AWESOME and I am almost sad to be leaving (for a two-week vacation in Ottawa) right as the weather is getting nicer. Not only is the weather super nice right now but the sun also never completely goes down; there is a lengthy blue-ish dusk that goes from midnight to 2 am but otherwise, the sun is shining! It is both incredible and infuriating: incredible when you feel like staying up late and infuriating when trying to sleep--but I generally find it incredible. Alright, so here are some pictures of some of the beauty springtime in Iqaluit has to offer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While finding a tent in the middle of nowhere was cool, nothing beats stumbling upon an actual igloo! Here you see the entrance from inside. It wasn't very easy to get in (especially since I wasn't wearing snow pants.. just a bunch of layers with jeans) but I thankfully managed somehow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ipellie sitting in the igloo. I was really excited about getting a picture of the igloo itself or of myself sitting in it but at this point my camera was really REALLY starting to hate me for putting it through crazy weather conditions and kept shutting off. Oh well, hopefully I will have a chance to go back on a warmer and less windy day before it melts! Oh we also found an igloo that was in the process of being built, which was really cool to see--but by that time my camera was essentially dead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dog-princess. As you can see princesses are a running theme when it comes to facepaint... I try to get them to diversify a bit, so they often end up picking a half-something, half-princess--that's right, indoctrinating the valuable lesson of compromise from an early age!</div><br />
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</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-66711007318343221612011-04-19T20:37:00.000-07:002011-04-20T19:33:08.808-07:00Toonik Tyme 2 (Sports Edition)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Despite all of the amazing cultural activities going on these past few days for the Toonik Tyme festival, I ended up spending a lot of my time watching the basketball tournament. I play basketball pretty much every Sunday out here at the Old Res (see past post for pictures) and I was bummed to find out that this tournament was for MEN only. So annoying. Regardless, I went and supported my friends who were playing. It was lots of fun and the level was really high. It was also super interesting to see a bunch of teams from different communities throughout Nunavut (Pond Inlet, Baker Lake, Rankin Inlet, etc.). The team I was going for (i.e. the people I've played basketball with on Sundays) were the "Flyers" whom you can see in the first and second pictures--they're the ones wearing grey. They almost made it to the finals but ended up losing to "Iqaluit", whom you can see in the second picture wearing their super nice uniforms. Although Iqaluit went undefeated for the entire tournament, they lost in the finals to Rankin!! I was actually so happy for the Rankin guys!!! Especially Ryan (top left in the third picture) who used to play basketball at Old Res before moving back to his community, and who had a broken hand for the last three games and still managed to play really well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inuksuk High School gym is way nicer than the one at Old Res and I found out that people come out to play basketball on Mondays and Thursdays so I will definitely be going there too from now on!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tonight I also went and checked out the Teen Inuit Games, which took place at the Youth Center (which turned out to be literally 30 feet away from my work). It was really awesome getting to see the different Inuit games and such young kids participating and keeping this part of their culture alive. The vibe for these games was really "how to make something out of nothing" in the sense that most of these games required very little (to none) to be executed. My favourites were the games that involved kicking, as you will see in the pictures. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Double-leg kick to try to hit a little target made of seal skin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess which ones she shaped.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still waiting...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">D'oh! Now we have to wait for them to cool!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cookie at last.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-52551636800503396232011-03-27T19:47:00.000-07:002011-03-27T19:47:13.969-07:00Work It OutWhen I first thought about moving to Iqaluit one of my biggest fears was that there wouldn't really be anywhere for me to exercise. It was bad enough I'd have to stop doing my absolute most favourite things (i.e. muay thai, boxing and jiu-jitsu), the only "exercise facility" I could find online was a pool! Needless to say that I was ecstatic to find out there are actually way more options than that! In fact there are two gyms, one of which has this weird posh/elitist vibe to it (and charges $500 just to join). That one is called the Racquet Club and although I could never justify paying their prices, my friend who happens to be a member took me there to play squash and it was SO MUCH fun!!.... BUT, $500 plus the monthly fee is not going to happen. The other gym has more reasonable prices but I'm waiting for them to get back to me about volunteering there (since that entails a free membership). Anyhow, the reason I am mentioning all of this is because I also happened to find a THIRD amazing option: "Old Res". Old Res is the unofficial name of one of the residences for the students attending the Arctic College. I was lucky enough to find out about this class called Bootcamp that happens 3 times a week (although it's nothing compared to the type of workout I'd get from a muay thai class). I've also been playing basketball on Sundays and going in once in a while to jog around the gymnasium. OH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY! I found a PUNCHING BAG!!! Woohoo!! It is quite decrepit, but, it will most certainly do! This also leads me to some other exciting news: I've started a women's boxing/self-defense class! Next Thursday will be the fourth class and so far the ladies have been really into it and getting super pumped!! I am really excited about these classes and will eventually make a post dedicated strictly to that, but in the meantime, here is where I get my sweat on:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why have multiple machines when you can have just one? Pretty sure this picture appears in the dictionary next to the word "contraption".</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what the Ol' Res looks like.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-83008539327640815062011-03-20T11:52:00.000-07:002011-03-20T11:53:21.088-07:00ChoicesHi again! I am on a posting rampage! So, I was recently faced with quite a difficult decision. One that really fundamentally challenged me to define who I am, or at least who I want to be. In a nutshell, I was offered a position as a "payroll officer" within the finance department of the government of Nunavut. Sounds boring, I know... But here is the kicker, this job was going to give me literally DOUBLE what I make at the daycare. DOUBLE! And that was with a 10 minute interview. It says something about the state of the government here when someone can be offered an $80,000/year job over a 10 minute interview. So, the money sounded really appealing... Like REALLY appealing. So appealing in fact that I quit my job at the daycare and prepared myself for life in "the office". I have never worked a desk job, and whenever I have spent long amounts of time sitting in front of a computer I have always felt like I was going a little bit crazy (or a lot). I basically feared that I just was not a deskjob type of person... And quite frankly, at this point in my life I KNOW that I am not a deskjob person. Maybe when my body starts to give out, but right now I feel the need to move around and be creative, which is exactly what the daycare could offer me--as opposed to the government. Now another factor comes into play as well, which is the fact that the daycare decided to significantly raise the wage for my position (educator). It's as though my departure made them realize that the insane turnover rate is directly linked to money. As sad as it is, it's practically impossible to live in Iqaluit and say that you don't care how much money you make because everything is so much more expensive. SO all that to say that upon much soul-searching and a lengthy chat with my mommy, I came to the conclusion that I would rather have a creative (although extremely exhausting and somewhat chaotic) job than an extremely well-paying but unbelievably monotonous and stressful one. SOOOOO what that means is: you will be seeing lots more posts about crafts! Wahoo!!! I could also elaborate further on the different factors that affected my decision, but ultimately it can be boiled down to my desire to stay true to the person I am as well as the person I want to be. On that note, here are some more pictures from the daycare.. How could you say no to these faces??<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Taught some of the kiddies how to draw pirates. This one is Jayko's.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is my little buddy! He is the newest friend at the daycare and has really taken a liking to me. I really think he is a supergenius babychild, it's incredible how quickly he learns things! But I wanted to post these pictures of him because one morning he came out of the coat room with a cache-cou (neck warmer) that isn't even his own on his head and it was probably the funniest thing I'd seen all week. (Note that it was pyjama day that day, which is why the kid in the back is wearing PJs. I also love how these pictures captured the little guy in the background wiping out)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, i have a cache-cou on my head, what?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Masks! They could choose any shape they wanted... Most picked unicorns, other than one who picked a heart and another who picked an owl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rainbow unicorn, 'nuff said.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-27391964075789790792011-03-19T05:48:00.000-07:002011-03-19T09:47:13.178-07:00Qamiks on the Dancefloor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wow, I can't believe it's already been two weeks since my last post! I have so much to put up here but I can't seem to find the time, so this post will be short (and hopefully sweet). This is a video of two women dancing last Friday night at the Storehouse. The Storehouse is basically just this restaurant/bar type of place that is inside the "eight-story" aka the Frobisher Inn. I love that since there are so few tall buildings here, when someone is talking about the "eight-story" you know right away which one someone is talking about. But I digress, basically every Friday night people come to the Storehouse to dance and have a good time. And there were some SERIOUSLY amazing dancers out there!! Of all ages too... I have never seen someone over 60 groove as well as I have here. The other amazing thing was that the first two guys to break the ice and hit the dancefloor were two openly gay men who were NOT afraid to show it! I also found out that there is in fact quite a large gay and lesbian population here! Moreover, these guys were dancing it up together in a room where there were elders, which speaks to the level of acceptance here. Now the reason I wanted to put up this video is because in it you see two women (well their feet) dancing and I just thought it really spoke to the meeting of cultures: Qamiks and "clubbing" (no pun intended). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Showed a few of them how to draw tigers. This one is Jayme-Lee's.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Jayme-Lee's volcano erupting onto an unfortunate by-stander.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-24228213685956070092011-03-04T19:37:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:43:00.775-08:00Day at the Museum IIUntil reading an e-mail from my grandmother about how much she liked the pictures I took at the museum I had completely forgotten that I had originally intended on posting pictures of artworks from the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum. Like I mentioned in the last post, the temporary exhibit was the Pangnirtung 2010 Print Collection. Pangnirtung is apparently incredible and I plan to make my way there at some point. What is interesting about the art that is created in these small Northern communities is that some of the prints created become world-reknown and yet the recognition of Inuit art doesn't match the fact that many of the artists still rely on welfare. While not all artists can make a living from their art, the discrepancy that exists here is that the percentage the artists make from their works is often a tenth of what the work is sold for in the South. Basically, a sculpture that an artist will sell for $100 here might sell for $700 in Ottawa. Anyhow, needless to say it's an interesting reality for artists up here... And by no means an ideal one. With that in mind, here are some of my favourite prints from the temporary exhibit as well as some of the prints that really caught my eye from the permanent collection. I forgot to take down the names of the artists from the permanent collection but I'll rectify this when I go back to the museum. <br />
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</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-76921148624836529782011-02-27T17:11:00.000-08:002011-02-27T17:52:54.425-08:00Images of a Recent PastToday I went to the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised to find it open on a Sunday. The Museum has two main rooms, one for the permanent collection of artefacts and works of art and another for temporary exhibitions. Today I got to see the Pangnirtung 2010 Print Collection. The man working there also told me that on March 22nd would be the opening of the new exhibition in which artists deal with the experience of residential schools. Should be really interesting. Anyhow, there is also an upstairs to the museum where the walls are lined with display windows where you find lots of sculptures but also some cool skulls! Walrus and Beluga to be precise.. But I won't be posting pictures of those today because I have dedicated this post to a most interesting part of the second floor: a table where people can sit down to look through four big photo albums filled with original photographs of Iqaluit and other communities from 1948 upwards!! These pictures were absolutely unreal!! I took shot of a few of them. Oh, also! I recently found out that my grandfather had actually been up here in 1955 (back when it was called Frobisher Bay) and had worked on the DEW Line for a number of months. I was trying to see if I could spot him in any of the pictures. I thought I may have but I will have to check with my Mom before jumping the gun. Anyhow, here are a few pictures of pictures.<br />
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c. 1948 - Iqaluit started out as an American airbase.. Not very poetic.<br />
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c. 1955 (grand-papa are you in there?)<br />
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c. 1956 (grand-papa is that you?)<br />
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c. 1960 - This one I just found too adorable.On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-82780794270802969432011-02-20T13:47:00.000-08:002011-02-20T17:24:21.908-08:00Huskies! (Dédié à Philémon)So, if you know me you know that I LOVE dogs and being here I thought I would be seeing huskies left, right and center... I was wrong! Up until today I had seen a few other dogs (surprisingly lots of little hyper yappy shnitzel types) but had yet to see a single husky! So I went on a mission this afternoon to find "the huskies". I put it in brackets because there are other huskies around town (although I have yet to see any) but the huskies I was looking for are the ones that are trained for dog races. I was told they are all kept together outside sort of behind the airport. I headed towards the airport but ended up taking the "wrong" street and walking right up to the little valley where they are being kept. The conditions are kind of sad because they are chained up to this single chain that is littered with dog poo. I wonder if they ever get cold. Some of them had pretty bloody muzzles, which makes me wonder what they are fed. Anyhow, here are some pictures of them, some cute and some a bit eerie. I didn't want to venture out too far because I had no idea if this was private property or not. I want to go back during the week and try to talk to someone who is in charge of the dogs so that way maybe I will see them when they are eating or maybe even be able to pet them.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lone Wolf. I figured this guy must be the leader of the pack because he was the only one who wasn't chained up to the main chain.</div>On the Road to Nowherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637142965971930633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125786086530261749.post-79198219167376765382011-02-19T15:30:00.000-08:002011-02-19T15:53:06.956-08:00Full Moon Nocturnal Excursion<div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Talk of your cold! through the parka’s fold it stabbed like a driven nail.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If our eyes we’d close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn’t see; </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It wasn't much fun but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee"</i></div><br />
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So my roommate and I decided to walk up the mountain behind our house and check out the landscape at night. The moon was full and lighting up the land to the point where we could see everything for miles. I took about 20 minutes to walk up the first hill from where we could look down upon this immense valley that made us feel like we were walking on another planet. Unfortunately, it was really hard to capture the depth of the moonlit desolated land. Regardless, I have a few pictures to put up (and I actually thought my hand was going to fall off when I was taking them). That is also why most of them are blurry: long exposure time in -50 doesn't make for very steady pictures.<br />
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Des vagues de neige.<br />
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And I used to complain about how the price of cereals had gone up in Ottawa... I will be dreaming of those $5 boxes from now on!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think shopping for food in Iqaluit is like shopping at a really expensive gas station.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I'll pass.<br />
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Orange juice has never looked so painful.<br />
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This is just funny. I will also pass.<br />
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Oh look!! A sale!! (That's a 7 by the way, not a 1.)<br />
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To be expected, but still... Won't be having much of that either.<br />
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So these are some of the most extreme things I saw while shopping at the North Mart but people who live here have ways of getting around the ridiculous prices. One way is not to buy the ridiculously overpriced things, but another is also to order a lot of produce and food products from Ottawa or Montreal. Anyway, that's it for now!<br />
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View from the plane, coming up to Iqaluit. What looks like a starry sky was caused by the frost forming on the outside of the window.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another view from the plane. SO incredible. It felt like something I had seen on IMAX or the Planet Earth series.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Somewhat frozen after a 30 minute walk to the NorthMart in - 48 weather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">View from my bedroom window right onto Frobisher Bay. Best seat in the house!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Two ravens also enjoying the view of Frobisher Bay.<br />
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Another view from my window, sketched by yours truly.<br />
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So I landed in Iqaluit on February 11th and so far everything has simply been amazing! I was glad that there were no problems with my luggage. My 3 bins of food made it safe and sound as well as my clothes and art supplies (including a glass ink bottle I was praying wouldnt bust and leak all over my clothes). I can't describe how exciting it is to be here and experience something completely new. I got really lucky in terms of living accommodations: amazing huge two-story place at the highest point in Iqaluit, shared by a super nice French couple and a hilarious girl from Slovakia. Oh and the room I got is furnished! I will post pictures of the apartment soon. <br />
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In case you're wondering about the name I chose for the blog, it is actually the name of the road I am living on! It is a road that, as its name describes, goes nowhere, meaning that it ends in the middle of nowhere and ultimately has no real destination. <br />
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Alright, well that's it for now but I have so much to say that I will be posting again soon!<br />
In the meantime, I am safe, sound and having a great time!<br />
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