The Arctic Post

Life Adventures in the Canadian Arctic

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New Addiction??!!

When farmville started on facebook, I swore that I would not even start playing because I didn’t want to get addicted and spend endless hours on it like so many other people.

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New Parka

Since I had a parka made last year, we figured that we’d have one made for Etienne this year. It turned out really nice. He’s excited to wear it this winter and stay warm.

Ship Central?

While the barge was here unloading, I happened to look out one evening and noticed that there were more lights in the bay than usual. The next morning we noticed that there was a fuel tanker.

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The long wait is finally over!

So after 3 long months of waiting, wondering and rumors, the barge finally arrived on Wednesday morning.

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Our First Northern Snowman

Yesterday we decided to take advantage of the warm weather and fresh snow.

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We have snow!!!

I’ve been patiently waiting for the white stuff to fall.

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A Great Day of Boating!

This morning, a friend of ours asked if we wanted to go out on his boat with his son and brother. I was totally excited and wanting to go, Etienne on the other hand, wasn’t excited at all.

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Terry Fox Chester Style…

Today, the school in Chester did the Terry Fox Run.

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Chester makes the news again….

The Kivalliq newspaper published the following article about the new Corporal in town. (Click on the image to enlarge it).

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Photo Gallery

Etienne has added a new “page” to our Blog. You can see a tab at the top of the page (next to the “Home” tab) that says “Photo Gallery”. Here he will put up pictures that we like but didn’t quite make it into a post. Check back often as he will add pictures to it frequently.

Enjoy :)