Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada May-June 2010 Photos courtesy of Shari, Henry, Kelly, Lee, and Glen.
Young scientists-in- training join us to learn about the Arctic. Lee Caleb Thomas
Our Clyde River guides and advisors, Jayko Ashevak and Esa Qillaq.
Clyde River welcomes us back with a fish-feed (raw-frozen) out on the sea ice.
Shari Gearheard Glen Liston Joelie Sanguya
Traditional qamutiik (sled) and dogs.
Qimmiit (dogs)
The sled dogs are controlled with voice commands and a very long whip. Thomas practices with the whip.
… more practice required.
A meeting with members of the Igliniit (Trails) Project
Igliniit Project members and Clyde River visitors.
Very Hungry Dogs
Seal is on the dinner menu.
The dogs are kept at bay while the seal is cut up.
Netting a seal.
Ring Seal (note the white circles/rings in the fur)
Straightening the seal net.
Local Kids (Janice and Audrey)
Ice Fishing
Seal Skins
Traditional Inuit Amauti
Another young scientist (Janice) in the making.
Harvesting ice from a Greenland iceberg to melt for water.
Packing for the trip to install a meteorology station.
The transition from land to sea ice, on our way to Akuliaqattak (Eric Point) where the met station will be installed.
On our way to Akuliaqattak we pass a cabin with windows protected from Polar bears.
Base Camp
Glen’s bivi sack (he’s basically Polar bear bait).
Breakfast
An iceberg in Eglinton Fjord.
At the top of Akuliaqattak where the met station was installed.
Everybody working on something!
Kelly calls on a satellite phone to test data transmission between the met station and the Internet. It works!
A side trip to Sam Ford Fjord on our way home.
The surface snow and ice in the fjord is melting!
The tall face on the right is 4000’ high (it is still ~2 km away).
The End