There are so many unique things here. Even though it never gets dark, in fact it remains quite bright, you do get wonderful sunsets. Our apartment faces due south so when the sun goes below the horizon it stays light but the sky is afire. The distant snowy mountains are bathed in evening light. One evening a sunset mist on the ice gave rise to a beautiful rainbow at 11 o'clock at night! We have had to black out our bedroom window in order to sleep.
Normally in holiday places you don't think about it but for the locals here all this beauty is just part of their run of the mill day. Kids have just finished today for their Summer Break and are out late playing. People are in the supermarket getting food to feed their families. There are people who obviously have problems and many that have problems that are not so obvious on the surface. Life in all its variety and ordinariness is here in this place just short of the Arctic Circle. Most Canadians don't ever travel to "The North" as they call it. My brothers and their families have never been to this part of their country. And we are here! From the North to "The North".
Blessings,
Mike
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| The sun setting in Iqaluit |
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| Rainbow after sunset |
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The old Hudson's Bay Company building in the small settlement of Apex , the original Inuit community in this area. The main settlement, Iqaluit, is 3 miles way and was developed to service a US airfield.
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The little wooden Anglican Church in Apex where services are only in Inuktitut, not in English.
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