Life in Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Here’s another great thing about living up north: People are always moving away, which means good deals on furniture. (There isn’t a pawn shop here.)

There are some interesting stencils at the Inuvik skate park. I think they were part of a school project at some point. (The reasoning goes: kids are going to vandalize, so at least let’s make it look nice.)

Pictured here are: MAD Magazine’s Alfred. E. Newman, Bob Marley, and the Weekly World News‘ Batboy, whom they often claim has escaped.

I found these old slides in a filing cabinet.

“People of 21st century earth…I bring you a message. Hockey will be very different in the year 3000!”

It’s getting nicer outside, since we have a lot more sun. It’s been about -30 all week though, which means you can see the heat escaping buildings and cars.

It’s surprising how many canned foods Northmart carries. You can buy corn on the cob, pictured above, or even a whole chicken squeezed into a can.

[LATER NOTE: Once boiled, the corn was pretty good. A little bit too soft, perhaps, but still pretty impressive. I give this product a B+]

From the Inuvik Regional Science Fair. The homemade glue project won 3rd prize.

Here’s another summer picture from Tsiigehtchic.

Am I spending too much time thinking about warmer temperatures?

Quick photography post: I really enjoy these two photos, since they have a lot of black space framing the doctor and pilot. (The first shot is through the ER door.)

Please note, the patient in the first picture is an actor. He was covered in fake blood during a presentation on dangers of drinking and driving, which was held for high-school kids.

Here you can see the Yukon border (left) and Canada’s ocean shore, to the north. It’s about a three-hour drive by ice road.