Posted in Life, tagged Ellesmere Island, Iceberg on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I finally gave up on BH to download his Operation Nunalivut ‘08 pictures from the camera and did it myself this morning. No doubt that was his plan all along.
Just to give you an idea of how overwhelming the ice and snow are waaaay up north…do you see the long dark blur in [...]
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Posted in Life on April 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My life at the moment consists of a completely insane “to do” list. It seems to me though that it’s much the same every spring, so I shall accept it without fuss. And yes, it’s spring here. Even the pussywillows tell me so.
I love pussywillows. As well as being a harbinger of spring, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I knew it, I just knew it. I went and brought out the girls’ rubber boots and look what happened:
Warnings: Yellowknife Region: 3:32 PM MDT Wednesday 16 April 2008
Winter storm warning for Yellowknife Region upgraded from winter storm watch.
Heavy snow and blowing snow are forecast for Thursday.
This is a warning that dangerous winter weather conditions [...]
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Posted in Life on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
BH has been away for the last few weeks on a sovereignty and science patrol in the High Arctic. He’s due home tomorrow and I’m sure he’ll have taken tons of pictures, so I’ll be sure to share some, but until then these will have to suffice…
Operation Nunalivut ‘08
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Posted in Life on April 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ll just let you know, it’s late and I’ve had little sleep these past few days and so I’m teetering on the edge of delirium. If this post goes sideways, you’ll at least know why!
This week we had visitors — three little girls who stayed for 5 days (ages 3, 7 and 9). These little [...]
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Before he could really get going, Ben Saunders has had to quit due to equipment failure. Though he wasn’t able to finish, I think his success comes from having the courage to begin.
From his website:
After 8 days on the ice and at a position of N.83.57.686 W. 074.12.566 Ben Saunders’ expedition to become the fastest [...]
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So, this morning in Yellowknife it was -39C. I won’t even moan because BH is in the high Arctic at the moment and I’m sure it’s colder there. Besides, today he flew over Ben Saunders’ camp and life for Ben must be tough right about now.
Who is Ben Saunders and what is he doing? From [...]
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You may notice that a number of pictures are missing throughout various posts…my old dot com is shut down now and apparently when I moved, I didn’t move the photographs as thoroughly as I should have.
Who knew?
No big deal, but it does mean I have to spend some time uploading them again. In due time [...]
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