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Arctic Fall Colours
One of my most favourite things about the fall season in the Arctic is watching the daily progression of sea ice forming in the ocean. It starts like this, with a thin, white ice coating the dark brown mud flats so that it makes the oceans look bright turquoise at high tide. (more…)
A Little Surprise…
A few weeks ago, J and I surprised everyone by running off and getting married (more or less)! Granted, there wasn’t that much running considering we did it at a small ceremony at our home here in Iqaluit, by the sea-ice.
It was a elopement of sorts; we told no one, planned it at the last minute, and just barely managed to rangle a few of our closest friends and family together for the event. It was the most perfect kind of wedding for us and it couldn’t have been a better day!
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
I’ve been a little behind on my ArcticDeco posts these last couple months, but with good reason. It’s the most busiest time of the year for home renovation planning and shopping and sea-lifting and hoarding. I feel like a squirrel in October trying to get all of my nuts together before the winter.
To start, there was sealift shopping in May. That’s when we Northerners flock south for a few days to buy up our year’s supply of goods. Here’s what our Costco order looked like, and that was only a tiny portion of all we had to pick up this year. (more…)
Playing in the backyard
We went for a bit of a skidoo ride in our backyard this weekend – our backyard being Frobisher Bay/the Arctic Ocean.
Here’s some of our pics along the way.
Have a happy Sunday folks! (more…)
Good morning!
High tide in Iqaluit on the sea ice on March 2, 2014 at 7:45am.