Scary Boat

We had two boats out on our trip due to the number of people going.  During the snapping of a photo of our companion boat I didn't notice the lens had fogged up.

  Turned out to be an interesting surreal photo.

An Icy Pareidolia

The family went out for a day of boating and exploring with Huit Huit Tours on Saturday.  We went and seen the Thule sites as well as went looking at icebergs.  Over the next few days I will be posting some shots from the sites and the icebergs we saw.  The most interesting iceberg encountered was the one below.

Do you see it?

I love pareidolia.

To see an example in stone just click here.

Just a Day

I was out driving my ATV today checking out the sea lift being delivered when I saw some folks heading out on the land.



They almost lost the white tot into the water.

It sure would be nice to have a proper wharf here.



Lands to Explore

Lands still to explore.

Large Inukshuk

You can find these large Inukshuk around Cape Dorset on high points around the communtiy.  The ones that resemble a person are called Inuksuk.
 

Must have taken some time to build this.

Foggy Photography

The fog, combined with rain and wind, is still hanging around .  I got cabin fever the other night and headed out with my camera gear.  It's like driving around in a wet bubble with visibility down to 300 meters.  Did find a new path when I was exploring and came across this Inuksuk on top of a hill.  When the weather is nice again I'll go back and see what the view is like.

The View

The American president will be on the View today.  I prefer the view from Nunavut.

Cant wait to get back to playing on my ATV.

Waves

During low tide at the park a few days ago the tempeture was in the teens and there was no wind.  There were some waves breaking on the rocks so I climbed down the ice and got real close.  Good thing no one got a twisted ankle.

   A couple of shots below.

Just Me

Here is a rare photo of me for the blog.  I've shaved the beard off and now sporting a goetee.  This is just before leaving to go ice fishing for IQ day.  Wasn't smiling at the end because I was sunburned, wet, cold and tired by the end.  At one point I was stuck in 2 1/2 feet of slush.  It took three of us to get the snowmobile out.  I would do all over again.  LOL.

A bit of white in the hair.  The sweater was actually purchased in NYC.

This fine gentleman is single too.

:o)

Back Side

The back side of Dorset Island.

More Snow Formations

Holey

Just hanging out

Tunnel

Very delicate

As the wind blows from right to left the wind driven snow catches on this lip and slowing wears it down creating the lines you see to the right of the ridge.

I way over 270lbs with my gear on (The majority of that weight is me *sigh*) and I barely make a mark on drifts and they look so soft.  Try hitting them at speed on a snowmobile.  Ouch.

Big Drift

The road going to the new lagoon. The lagoon isn't being used yet so it will be awhile before this drift across the road is removed or melted.  The part were you can see the tracks is were I attemped to climb to the top of the drift.  It is about 3.5 meters to the top and vertical at that section.  I didn't make it.  Were you see the drift continuing past the road it is almost straight down for a couple hundred feet and someone either went down or up it on a snowmobile.   That is well past my skill level.

Snow Removal Needed.

Lonely Boat

It will be a couple more months before this boat makes it to the water.

Snow Formations

Not the best photos but I didn't have much choice because of the snowmobile trails and sun limiting the angles I could use.  These are as hard as concrete.  Before knowing any better I had went through a group at high speed and darn near lost control of the machine because there was no give in the snow.  If it stays nice this weekend I'm going exploring for some untouched drifts.