Clare
I am a denizen of Canada's High Arctic. Father, husband, retired Mountie, recently retired Parks guy, and former EDO. I'm a photographer, writer, wannabe poet, and so much more.
“ Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)” -Whitman
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What the hell are they constructing at the White House? FascismLand?
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Today would have been my mom’s 100th birthday.
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Fucking Russia. Slava Ukraini
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Sunday cabin was a flurry of activity. #CabinLife #Nunavut
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There are a lot of Hare this year. Here's one from tonight. #Nunavut #WildlifePhotography #Hare
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Taken stuff out to the cabin yesterday and this is where we got stuck. Got out, and then stuck again, headed back and switched to snowmobiles. Looks like the days of driving there are done for the year. #CabinLife #Nunavut
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Yesterday we “warmed” the cabin. Crowded and joyful. People came and ate and made space for others. Games were held at my in-laws’ cabin for more room. Tuktu stew, allu, bannock, salads and plenty of desserts. #CabinLife #Nunavut
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Coming back to the cabin at the end of the walk. I was soaked in sweat as I was way over dressed. Stuck around the cabin longer than expected as I had to dry out clothes before snowmobiling back to town. #CabinLife #Nunavut
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The pair. #CabinLife #Nunavut #birding #raven
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One of the pair #CabinLife #Nunavut #birding #raven
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Yesterday I walked a couple of kilometres up the canyon behind the cabin. As I suspected a pair of Ravens are nesting in it. Ravens begin nesting in March and lay beautiful pastel green blue eggs in the cold spring. #CabinLife #Birding #birds #Raven
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Job site table saw and empty fuel transfer tank ready to come back from the cabin. #CabinLife #Nunavut
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Stayed at the cabin last night. I brought heating fuel out as we were getting low. My wife is in Pond Inlet for Nunavut Quest as she’s on the committee. So I thought there was no point in going back home. Very quiet, took the battery out of the clock because the ticking was annoying me.
Took another tank of heating fuel out tonight but I’ll head home soon. Pretty sky tonight. #CabinLife #Nunavut
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A toast to the New Year. Two actually. #Rye #GoodRiddance2025 #LifeOfTheParty
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@sandymcclearn HMCS Kingston in Arctic Bay. #Nunavut #RoyalCanadianNavy #Warship
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Tonight’s baking therapy was needed. Apple pie with a cheddar crumble topping. #BakingTherapy
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And now the long wait until June 12th. #CFL #CFLOM #GoBombersGo #WinnipegBlueBombers
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It’s like having all of your birthdays on the same day. #Poetry #BillyCollins
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The CCGS Des Groseilliers at anchor today. #Nunavut #Arctic #CanadianCoastGuard
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Progress. Strong winds forecast again tomorrow. #CabinLife #nunavutfisheries
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Busy anchorage yesterday. MV Ultramarine and MV Aujaq at anchor in the bay. #nunavutfisheries
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Kinguniliik
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Gold standard. My daughter with her gold ulu for Dene hand games. #AWG #ArcticWinterGames #Arctic #Nunavut #TeamNunavut
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Man I love this town. An airport full of people to greet the athletes. And then in town, the entire school out, lining the road, with signs and cheering. #Nunavut #Arctic #TeamNunavut #TeamArcticBay #AWG #ArcticWinterGames
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The anchor’s arm from a gutsy performance in pole push today. Those three young women were all heart. #TeamNunavut #ArcticWinterGames #AWG #Nunavut #Arctic
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My Panik earned the Fair Play medal for today.
Even more we watched as they won one of their pole push matches today. With only three of them pitted against four. Pure grit. #Nunavut #TeamNunavut #ArcticWinterGames #AWG #Arctic 📸 Roxanne Kigutaq
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Undefeated. #HandGames #DeneGames #TeamNunavut #Nunavut #Arctic #AWG #ArcticWinterGames
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GOLD! My daughter and her team won gold in U18 Hand games at the #ArcticWinterGames #AWH #Nunavut #TeamNunavut And there was only three of them competing against teams of four.
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Last night a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a NASA satellite on a polar trajectory. A short time later the night sky glowed from its exhaust over Arctic Bay (twilight phenomenon). 📸 Larissa Joseph #Nunavut #Arctic #SpaceX #TwilightPhenomenon #NotAUFO
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An Elvis sandwich for lunch today. PB, B, & B. #ThankYouThankYouVeryMuch
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After posting Will Bird's description of his friend's death by the Spanish Flu, I was going to tell the story of Alan Arnett McLeod. A favourite Great War story of mine, about Canada's youngest Victoria Cross earner, valour, the Great War, and the flu. But its probably a lot easier to link to post I wrote about him on my long dead blog. #GreatWar #SpanishFlu #Valour #WW1 #VictoriaCross It is in two parts
https://kiggavik.typepad.com/the_house_other_arctic_mu/2009/12/struck-down-by-the-flu.html