The blog continues...after the jump!

Well, it seems I have exhausted the free hosting offered by blogger...so I am jumping to another blogger site and starting again!

This blog will stay up, but --- as nosey is clearly showing here --- the new address will be www.bootgrille.blogspot.com

See you there!

Speaking of Paulatuk..

Talk about culture clash!

This strange video on Youtube shows the Paulatuk Moonlight Drum Dancers doing their traditional motions in their parkas.

However, the filmmaker dubbed over the sound with a rap tune, which may or may not feature Del Tha Funky Homosapien.

Strange, no?

Back from Paulatuk!

I have returned from a day trip to Paulatuk (pop.300) which is a remote community in the Beaufort Delta.

Watch for many more pictures, coming soon! (I have reached my limit for pictures on Blogger afyer 300+ posts, so I will have to switch, perhaps creating a "boot grille 2")

Wierd building, at 2am

I was walking around at 2am (24/hour sunlight will do that to you) and took this picture. It's not very interesting per se, but it's prety cool to see the sky at that hour. You'd think it was 2pm.

Dissapearing languages

This flyer is also from the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre. Can you imagine? Worldwide, only 450 fluent speakers of Inuvialuktun?

Inuvik's video store

We might not have a movie theatre, but we have this place...

Hooks and barbs

These antler and bone fishing tools are displayed in Inuvik's Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre.

It's a mini museum and library which preserves traditional culture, and should definitely be visited by anyone coming through Inuvik.

Look at the ages listed on the bone hooks! It's uncanny!

Also interesting is the inclusion of a "labret piercing," to be worn through a man's cheek.

Inuvik's great lakes

Spring is here, which means the snow is melting!

Unfortunately, it appears to be forming giant puddles. It's a good thing homes are on stilts., which prevent the permafrost from melting during the winter.

A view from above (really, really above)

Here's the Google Earth picture of Inuvik. The airport is down at the lower right, and the ice road to Tuktoyaktuk and Aklavik is the river, driving upper left.

Bird on a utilidor

These metal undulations belong to Inuvik's utilidor system; a pretty ubiquitous presence.

Paulatuk has one page in the phone book

Views from the church roof, pt.2

Now that's convenience

Living in a small town means everything is close!

Journey to the top of Igloo Church

This is the inside of Inuvik's famous Our Lady of Victory Church, built in 1959 by Francophone masons.

Rev.Matthew Ihuoma allowed me to climb the stairs and photograph the city from above, which was a really unique experience.

Notice: It's an old barrel with a hole cut out

The master of ceremonies adds wood to a stove in Tuktoyaktuk, during the recent Beluga Whale jamboree.

Pretty smart use of scrap metal, if you ask me!

Yeah, it's May..

Here are some views from late (very late, 2am) Saturday. It's still winter here!