March 15, 2010
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Airports, Pang, boys and sled dogs
Saturday morning all packed on the back porch...
Dysis had been following me all around last 2 days. Flew from Edmonton about noon to overnight in Ottawa..and found a tasty Thai restaurant for dinner green curry and a local dark beer! In the morning it raining All the bags made it...you can always tell who is flying north by food packs and Tim Horton's carry on. Quite amazed at what a small worked the north is…sat next to a physician from Yellowknife on the Edmonton flight, on leg to Iqaluit, an Inuit man from Clyde River whose sister I had worked with in Arctic Bay and another social work friend met me in the Iqaluit airport. 
Just a 50-minute flight from Iqaluit after the morning 3 hour one, 
finally brought out the camera….it was bright assuredly colder in Pangnirtung, 
which is on the SE corner of Baffin Island 
and above the arctic circle. After unpacking and cleaning up the transient apartment where I am staying, did some walk about the hamlet…here are a few shots…
One of the grocery stores, the other being the Northern Store 
Our social work offices are next to the COOP but soon will be a move to the new health center building when complete. 
Traffic sign in both languages...Inuktitut uses syllabics. Raven tracks in the snow
An original Hudson's Bay building from era of being a whaling station
. I like the perspective of this row 
of rusty barrels and 
the view from the inside of the rusted oil drum 
Note the older buildings and New hotel Inns North 
Also encountered two young teens who were enjoying playing out.
This 12 year old showing his agility as both climbed and balanced a top each shed. 
After Monday at the office got
Out for a first ski about 6 PM snow fresh but very windy The dogs in the sled team 
are tied up spots on the ice 
Thick coat for blizzardly weather 
Trying to find a path 
through the chuck of ice near the shore proved difficult 
One of the sled dogs was lose and followed me back 
Arriving finally back at the apartment door, the dog was 
abit confused as to where I went.
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