Busy, busy, busy!

I have kept busy on my arctic adventure.  Even though Saturday was our official day, we managed to keep moving all day.  First was a trip into town.  We did some souvenir shopping, visited the Eskimo Art Museum, and ate at a local diner.  The apple fritters are worth coming back for!  Oh my goodness they were good!

Some folks stayed in town, but I went with a few others to try my hand at dog sledding.  It was very cool to learn the terminology and see how passionate the musher was for his dogs.  I took lots of video.  Riding the sled was amazing.  I couldn't believe how fast we went.  I also got to hold one of the pups.  Both were quite enjoyable!

On our way back from dog sledding, we stopped to walk out on the ocean ice one more time.  My roomie Sheila had missed out when we went before, so I went back out on the ice with her.  It was a gorgeous sunset but much colder than last time.

We helped build an igloo the day before.  I'm the little Inuk that can cut ice blocks but stinks at attaching them to each other.  They still let me spend the night in the igloo though.  Every part of your body that is in the sleeping back is toasty warm, so I pulled the sleeping bag over my head!  I made it the whole night and felt very tough.  And a walk from the igloo into the center will certainly wake you up in the morning.

Today has been busy as well.  We finished counting the needles of the spruce branchlets, data entry, and cleaning the classroom.  There are a few odds and ends to take care of...oh...and did I mention?  THERE'S A BLIZZARD OUTSIDE!  It started this morning, so it's 30 below with 50 mile an hour winds. Lovely!

Tonight is traditional foods night.  So if we are snowed in (which we will be until tomorrow), we should have plenty of caribou and local wine to sustain us.  Not a bad way to wrap up an adventure.