Life in Inuvik, Northwest Territories

A curious dog from the Arctic Chalet’s dog team. If you’re reading this before noon Friday, tune in to Northwind (am 860 in Inuvik) between 12 and 1 to hear sound from the Youth Centre’s “Mushkateers” expedition. More photos coming soon! http://www.cbc.ca/northwind/ This is the Northwind streaming site..check your timezones because it plays on Mountain Time. 

  Here are two logos, for a local Geophysics company and the Mackenzie Hotel.Both use circles and look very ‘northern.’  There is also a theme of cooperation, which is very well done. 

  Here’s a vinyl record from the CBC’s dusty old back room…an Inuit record called Uvagut: For our children’s future.Many CBC recordings have preserved the traditional language in song form.Here, the song titles are surprisingly melancholy. For example, the song “I am not sure I’ll be with my girlfriend forever.”Not all ‘traditional’ music is about caribou hunting!

These are Ookpiks!They are fur owls, which are available at craft fairs and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation gift shop.

Sunlight hours are getting longer each day.Here’s a view from around 8:30am.

Here’s a close look at a Yukon plate. The NWT has its polar bear shape, while the Yukon celebrates Gold Rush history. 

When it gets cold, the ice fog nearly covers the streets here.

This building near Aurora College needs a new coat of paint.

 A familiar sight in Inuvik: A bottle of cooking sherry, which apparently has been finished with a little soda. Eeew. 

A truck travels in the early evening, with headlights on. 

There is now sunlight from about 9am to 7pm, and the temperatures have been uncannily warm, hovering around -8 degrees celcius. (And this is supposed to be the coldest month of the year!) 

(Edit: this was incorrectly labelled this morning as a morning photo.)