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Exploring Arctic Wilderness: Clyde River Adventures

Join young scientists-in-training as they learn about the Arctic in Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada. Experience dog sledding, ice fishing, seal hunting, and installation of a meteorology station. Photos courtesy of Shari, Henry, Kelly, Lee, and Glen.

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Exploring Arctic Wilderness: Clyde River Adventures

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  1. Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada May-June 2010 Photos courtesy of Shari, Henry, Kelly, Lee, and Glen.

  2. Young scientists-in-training join us to learn about the Arctic. Thomas Caleb Lee

  3. Our Clyde River guides and advisors, Jayko Ashevak and Esa Qillaq.

  4. Clyde River welcomes us back with a fish-feed (raw-frozen) out on the sea ice.

  5. Shari Gearheard Glen Liston Joelie Sanguya

  6. Traditional qamutiik (sled) and dogs.

  7. Qimmiit (dogs)

  8. The sled dogs are controlled with voice commands and a very long whip. Thomas practices with the whip.

  9. … more practice required.

  10. A meeting with members of the Igliniit (Trails) Project

  11. Igliniit Project members and Clyde River visitors.

  12. Very Hungry Dogs

  13. Seal is on the dinner menu.

  14. The dogs are kept at bay while the seal is cut up.

  15. Netting a seal.

  16. Ring Seal (note the white circles/rings in the fur)

  17. Straightening the seal net.

  18. Local Kids (Janice and Audrey)

  19. Ice Fishing

  20. Seal Skins

  21. Traditional Inuit Amauti

  22. Another young scientist (Janice) in the making.

  23. Harvesting ice from a Greenland iceberg to melt for water.

  24. Packing for the trip to install a meteorology station.

  25. The transition from land to sea ice, on our way to Akuliaqattak (Eric Point) where the met station will be installed.

  26. On our way to Akuliaqattakwe pass a cabin with windows protected from Polar bears.

  27. Base Camp

  28. Glen’s bivi sack (he’s basically Polar bear bait).

  29. Breakfast

  30. An iceberg in Eglinton Fjord.

  31. At the top of Akuliaqattakwhere the met station was installed.

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