A Walk On The Wild Side

Hello Everybody,

The good news is that everything is going well up here. The bad news is that the internet has slowed to the point where I can barely check my email anymore. I'm almost pining for the days of dial-up. In fact, I'm seriously considering trying out a dial up service or two just to compare the speeds. It's very sad.

In any case, we had a small break in the weather last weekend and I decided to jump at the chance of wandering out without spontaneously freezing and seeing what the village looks like from a distance. As an extra added bonus, I was able to do it from the aptly named "beacon hill" which is nice and high. The walk was a welcome break to the constant indoor life I've been leading and after warming up the camera and salvaging a few precious seconds of battery life, I snapped these pictures in a record 8 seconds or so.

The pictures don't do the view justice. The sun glints off the snow for miles and miles and the effect is simply jaw dropping.

Here's the Beacon with a view of Inukjuak off in the distance. You'd almost miss it if you didn't know it was there.

Since I was spinning around in a circle taking quick pictures in the meagre few seconds of battery life that I had, I was fortunate enough to get these three pictures which I spliced into a nice 180 degree view. Inukjuak can be seen in the right picture.

Since my little excursion the temperature has slipped back down to -40, but I'm still determined to keep up these explorations when the weather permits.

Keep warm everyone,

Markus