Inuvik, Canada Travel Blogs

Über den Polarkreis nach Inuvik
Jun 18, 2008

Fahrt über nach nördlichen Polarkreis

Did A Pingo Eat Your Baby?
Jul 23, 2003 (8 photos)

... towers. It felt like the present wasn't what was promised 40 years ago. Sunday, July 20th - Latitude: 68 degrees North Inuvik, NWT Disaster strikes. Someone on the Herschel Island tour cancelled. The tour needs a minimum of 4 people to break even ...

Inuvik
Jun 19, 2008

Ein freier Tag nach 700 km Autofahrt

Up The Dempster Without A Paddle
Jul 21, 2003 (4 photos)

... mountains (incidentally my third crossing of the continental divide while on the Dempster) the clouds lightened. I could make to Inuvik. I think I can. I think I can. At Fort McPherson the sun came out and everything was fine driving for that last ...

Near Ice Road Truckers
Feb 21, 2008

... season from local movie rental stores.   A production crew is filming new episodes on the winter road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. Four the show's original drivers, including Debogorski, are involved in the second season. "This summer, ...

This Was a Day Off?
Aug 27, 2008 (6 photos)

... longer look at the wide variety of offerings.  At the Town Office I bought 3 lottery tickets. It's the 50th Anniversary of Inuvik as a town and the 50/50 draw is on Sunday.  While waiting in line I was behind a woman complaining that some kids ...

Crystal Light
May 7, 2009

... water is yellow.  I've heard not to eat yellow snow - but what about when the water is yellow? The TOI (Town of Inuvik) gets its water from the Mackenzie River in the winter.  In the summer it comes from Hidden Lake (at least I think that's ...

Brrrrrrr!!
Oct 16, 2008

Today it hit about -18 degrees and boy did I feel it.  It's been getting colder in the mornings and I finally gave up the fight against the scarf.  It is also really dark in the mornings.  The sun rises behind a hill on the edge of ...

Tooth
Jan 3, 2009

I had a wisdom tooth pulled.  First tooth I have ever lost.  Not too big a deal - but it has kept me from writing this blog.  First - the pain of the tooth (I lost a chunk off the upper left wisdom tooth) and then the 2 week wait to get ...

Report Cards
Nov 10, 2008 (7 photos)

I am exhausted.  It is my first report card session in a LONG time.  I have 83 report cards to do.  HELP!!  I spend a lot of time at school.  I forgot to show you one of the unique features of the school.  They have these ...

Cataracts
Oct 5, 2008

I am so glad that I got cataracts.  Best surgery ever.  Thank you Dr. Piemontesi for doing my interocular lens replacement.  When the snow is slapping you in the face and the wind is whipping your hood around ... I am so glad I don't wear ...

My Walks
Sep 15, 2008 (8 photos)

I walk to and from school twice a day - as I go home for lunch.  We'll see how long that lasts when the weather gets bad.  Right now it is quite enjoyable. This morning the snow was softly drifting and swirling such that when it landed  ...

Garbage Bags or Tinfoil?
Sep 6, 2008

Garbage bags vs Tinfoil  --- and the winner appears to be garbage bags. Last night in the Lounge at the Eskimo Inn I was chatting with folks and mentioned that I needed more tinfoil as the two boxes I'd gone through were not enough to block out ...

My House
Sep 12, 2008 (11 photos)

I just got word that my stuff is on the truck and riding around town until a date and time can be set to deliver it.  Odd system. I was asked to provide pictures of my new place so here they are.  It really is quite a swank apartment.

SNOW
Sep 12, 2008

We had a fair bit of snow today.  It's gone now and it's quite mild out - but at lunch I walked home in the snow and came back to school with it really coming down.  I nearly wore my boots back to school and I'm so glad I didn't.  I'd look ...

New Car Smell
Sep 13, 2008

I can tell that the new car smell is beignning to wear off.  I am not writing as much as when I got here.  That may be a blessing to some of you. I am still excited about walking home from school after 10 PM in the light - though I can tell ...

What I Did on My Vacation
Jan 5, 2009

... a good time.  (One of the teachers spent 3 days in the Toronto airport before making it to Newfoundland.)  I stayed in Inuvik and had a very relaxing Break.  Danny (the Foods teacher) invited me to her place for Xmas dinner.  She is an ...

The Mad Trapper
Aug 29, 2008

There were more meetings.  I did learned about cable and internet options and how to get your health card (that the NWT tries to avoid giving you to save money) and Lorne talked about the importance of taking vitamin D.  The code for a ...

Surprise
Sep 27, 2008 (3 photos)

I got up and made blueberry pancakes.  I decided to add a fried egg and it had no sooner hit the pan than the phone rang.  Dianne invited me over for breakfast so I told her I'd bring the pancakes.  We had a relaxing morning and then ...

Slush
Oct 3, 2008

Ocotober is here and so is the slush.  The snow was pretty.  Then it froze.  The next day I walked to school in freezing rain.  Then it got really nice out -- the sun felt great.  That nice feeling was short-lived when it ...

Yellowknife to Inuvik
Aug 23, 2008 (5 photos)

... like two. This was not a direct flight as there was a stop in Norman Wells.  The pilot announced that the temperature in Inuvik was 6 degrees.  What?!  Now I wished I had put the lining into my jacket.  We had a chance to get off ...

Sunday
Aug 24, 2008 (11 photos)

It is not easy to sleep when the sun doesn't go down until midnight and then comes up before I have any intention of stirring. I phoned Roman, my new principal, and we made a date to meet at the school around 2:30.  I made toast and then ...

The New School
Nov 6, 2008 (4 photos)

They are building a new school in Inuvik.  I think the cost is in the multi-millions.  The not so great news is that they are just now starting to pile-drive.........right outside my classroom window.  Oh joy! Here is a little sample of ...

Rising Sun
Nov 13, 2008 (1 photos)

It is almost 10:30 and the sun is beginning to rise.  I can see some pink and yellow on the horizon.

Squeak Feast Squeak
Oct 8, 2008

... weekend, but the school decided it was not fair to plop her into a Feast for her initiation!  She came to Inuvik with her husband and three little children.  This woman will have her hands full - but she seems really lovely and ...

Scarf
Oct 9, 2008

This morning I needed a scarf.  I wasn't wearing one - but will resist for as long as I can.

Delta Shuffle
Oct 4, 2008

Doing the Delta Shuffle.  Remember how I mentioned slipping and sliding on my way home?  Every time it comes up in conversation (and we are all Canadians, so weather is a constant topic) I'm told to do the "Delta Shuffle".  Scuff your feet ...

Utilidettes
Oct 5, 2008

Tim (really Tom - but it's a thing we do; he calls me Sidney/Sid) just learned something new.  Utilidors are the big aluminum casings for the pipes (cable,sewage, water) and the smaller ones leading right of of the buildings are called "utilidettes ...

Dogs
Sep 25, 2008 (1 photos)

I am eating way too much.  The job is a wee bit stressful and I am taking it out via the mouth.  Feeling like a dead dog, sometimes. Am I a bad teacher?  The kids chit chat more than I like and today I moved the desks into rows ...

The Elders Are Watching
Sep 28, 2008

In class today we did a poem called "The Elders Are Watching".  On my way home, around 8PM, I ran into Jean Storr.  She is a neighbour and an Elder.  I helped her take her garbage out and we talked about the poem we did today. & ...