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| School activity, examining a polar bear's head! |
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| Full moon shining over the tundra under the twilight at noon. |
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| The beauty of the midday moon in twighlight! |
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| A brief rest during my midday walk over a frozen lake |
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| Ptarmigan's resting spot. Feathers on the left shows one didn't make it through the night, possibly caught by an arctic fox |
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| Enjoying the warmth of the shining sun after a long absence. |
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| Sundog |
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| First fishing trip of the year, in winter! |
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| My great friend and mentor, Joe Koaha, cutting a piece of trout to be used as bait |
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| My first ever winter catch in the arctic, a lake trout |
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| Some of the catch of the day at Grenier lake |
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| Fantastic fishing buddies, Christalee, and Elizabeth |
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| Ptarmigans |
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| My campsite on the frozen Grenier lake. Temperature -38! |
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| My shelter for the night. Big mistake turning the little stove off. By far the coldest and most challenging night of my life! |
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| So relieved to have my fishing buddies to show up so early the next morning, and feeding me much needed freshly caught boiled trout! |
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| Susie Koaha, Elizabeth, and Joe Koaha. I am so indebted to Susie and Joe for their incredible kindness and generosity! |
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| Me, trying my best not to cut myself while learning how to eat frozen char, the inuit way! |
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| Joe Koaha and I |
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| Cool dudes! |
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| Late April, first of the many visitors on wings |
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| An unfortunate muskox stuck in deep snow we came across while out by Mount Pelly. We managed to dig her out. |
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| The freedom of being able to use the ATV again. Which of course meant access to more fresh food. |
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| A midnight treck to Anderson Bay. What a beautiful setting! |
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| One of many hundreds falcons watching and following us at Andersn Bay. |
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| My bro Sammy in front of Mount Pelly, about 11pm. Thanks for the visit bro! |
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| Fishing for land-locked chars at Aptalok lake |
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| Master Joe relaxed and cool, as usual! |
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| Meat rack by Joe and Susie's cabin |
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| After school, evening, fishing spot at Mount Pelly lake |
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| Partial rainbow while fishing on Mount Pelly lake |
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| A swan near my campsite, about 1 am |
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| My campsite on a tiny island in Mount Pelly lake |
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| My biggest one day catch ever, two large chars and a large trout, each about 15 lbs! The top fillet was to be fried soon! |
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| I fried the little trout right there and then. What a treat1 |
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| Sandhill cranes, some of my nightly neighbors at the campsite |
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| My ATV separated from the campsite by melting snow and slush on the edge of the lake. |
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| Resting spot on my way back, about 2 am |
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| Driving on sea ice to get to Joe and Susie's cabin |
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| Eider ducks by a gap between pack ice |
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| It was fun driving on water on top of the sea ice. |
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| A Canada goose nest on the edge of a pond |
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| Tundra beauty, 2 am |
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| A loon, enjoying early morning fishing at the flooded tundra |
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| Swans feeding at a pond |
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| Swans, the one on the top right is incubating eggs |
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| Muskoxen grazing under the midnight sun |
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| A large herd of muskozen grazing on the tundra |
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| An opportunistic arctic fox following me around; perhaps hoping I'd scare geese away from their nests so it can rub them! |
