This week in picures.

This week I took some pictures. Got a few good ones. Check 'em out.

This was taken from on top of the lake in front of the house. I haven't figured out the best settings for northern lights yet, but these weren't very bright, either. Still awesome. They change so fast sometimes.

This is the sea ice on the edge of Frobisher Bay south of Iqaluit. I hiked down there thinking to myself how hard it was going to be to hike back up. Being wary of deep drifts and unpacked snow that you can fall through always has to be on your mind. It doesn't snow so much as the wind drifts the snow on the ground further south. You can see the packed snowmobile trail I was following, to a point that is...

I looked down at my side as I got closer to the sea ice and saw this rift growing between the very thick drift I was walking on and where I wanted to go. Since I could only see about 4 feet down the rift and I knew I wasn't dressed warm enough to be out for more than a few hours if I wasn't moving I thought it best to not go any further here so as not to get stuck somehow. I probably would have been able to cross easily but the depth of the drift unnerved me a little.

So I headed back up the very steep hill I waddled down on the way to the "beach" and I have decided that I won't make a daily habit of half mile uphill trecks at 45 degree angles. In loose snow. Once I was nearly back to the road back in to town I saw something I didn't see last week when Mel and I were out this way. Some kids erected a little inukshuk on a hill looking over the bay. Only about 20 inches tall but pretty cool.

I finally found something to get a little artsy with, and I finally figured out how to change the aperture so my pictures weren't washing out so badly. 

Tada! Enjoy the views. Click on the pictures for a bigger one!