Monthly Archives: June 2007

Many cars and trucks are rattling into town these days, after completing the Dempster Highway in 24-hour sunlight.

(In this case, I think the white paint will soon read “Done the Dempster.”)

Note: You can actually drive here from Toronto in two weeks. You go through Whitehorse and Dawson City and it’s all gravel roads and beautiful scenery.

Here’s the Finto hotel and former lounge, now abandoned and probably haunted by spirits.

Will it ever be used again?

Amazing to think: This was an ice road.

Kids on a recent activity parade in Inuvik, just having fun. The banner reads “SAMS (Sir Alexandre Mackenzie School) get active.”

You know when you cook a piece of fish, and you wrap it in tin foil? So the heat is trapped inside and the fish cooks evenly?

This is my apartment right now. If I turn over in my sleep it qualifies as a rotisserie oven.

Inuvik has many strange and clever inventions. (Perhaps due to lack of materials.)

This open-hulled boat was turned into a camper thanks to some plywood planks.

June 5 was Inuvialuit Day, which celebrates the Inuit of the west.

Traditional foods were served at the Inuvialuit Corporate Centre, which is the nicest building in Inuvik.

Note: What you’re seeing in the cup is Muktuk, or raw beluga whale.

Soy milk is usually $11.99 for 2 litres. But today it suddenly went on sale to 99 cents.

(Secret: The expiration date was five days ago.)

This fish is variety of Sculpin, which is sometimes caught in the region. The ones here are slightly darker, but it should give you an idea.

(This picture lifted from Wikipedia, thank goodness.)

My friend Margie happened to visit this week from Ottawa! She is shown with a faux-fur hood, enjoying 24-hour sunlight. (This photo taken sometime after 11pm)

Living in 24-hour sunlight is not easy. The only option is to block it out. (Shown here: a $9.99 window-covering piece of flannel from North Mart. They also carry some with Tupac.)

Students eating ice cream in Paulatuk, May 26. (And maybe having a bite of the foam container, for comedic effect.)

The Inuvik Youth Centre after hours.

Signals have to bounce off satellites to reach isolated communities. Sometimes when you call Ulukhaktok or Paulatuk, there is a strange “echo effect.”

The primary school took its students on a walkabout last week. A good time to enjoy some sunshine and fresh air!

Just another picture from Inuvik’s wrestling workshop.

Last weekend in Paulatuk, three students earned a high school degree. Nearly the entire community came to celebrate, and had a feast which included caribou and goose.