Thursday, March 17, 2005

tree rings and other postcards

INUVIK, NT

I cut down a tree the other day as part of a community outreach programme run at the school, which supplies firewood to elders. The tree, dead and at 25 feet one of the smaller we felled, had 328 growth rings.

Cetacean, at least in its raw form, is both mildly fishy and mildly elastic. When I responded to the initial offer of muktuk with an anxious "But its brain is bigger than mine," the laughing response was, "Not anymore."

Whiskey–jacks (from the Aboriginal 'wis–ka–chon,' also known as the grey jay and Canada jay) will eat out of your hand, but only after the battery on your digital camera has expired from the cold.

Even in the Arctic, people start to tell you that you need to shave and cut your hair.

Much peace and love, all.

Photo above: Nazca–like, snowmobiles tracks over the town's old dump.

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