Community of Pond Inlet

This week my friends and former colleagues from the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) are in Pond Inlet conducting public hearings for the environmental assessment of Baffinland Iron Ore Mines' Phase 2 Development Project proposal for the Mary River project and I'm dedicating this week's blog to them and all the hard work they do. …

The small community of Grise Fiord

Grise Fiord, also known as Aujuittuq in Inuktitut, nestles amongst majestic mountains at the end of a stunning fiord is the northernmost community in Nunavut and Canada. It is located on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtani Region (or Baffin Region) is actually closer to Russia than the nearest Canadian community of …

Qikiqtarjuaq, the Big Island

The community of Qikiqtarjuaq (meaning 'big island') is one of the most scenic communities I've had the opportunity to visit while working for the Nunavut Impact Review Board. Qikiqtarjuaq or 'Qik' for short is located just north of the Arctic Circle on Broughton Island in the Qikiqtani/Baffin region in the territory of Nunavut, is adjacent …

Travel to Naujaat (Repulse Bay)

As noted in our previous post, Rob recently went to Naujaat for work. The following blog is a short overview of Naujaat. Naujaat is located on the north shore of Repulse Bay on the Canadian mainland at the northwestern limit of Hudson Bay near Foxe Basin and is the most northern community in the Kivalliq …

Travels in the north during a pandemic

Like many places around the world, travel in the north has changed drastically since the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.  In the past, Rob and I would usually be travelling almost every other week for work and sometimes for personal reason between February and May. We always would joke that we only saw each other …

Fashion at its best – our winter boots

In our last post we introduced you to our winter fashion collection of weather layering, parkas, and snow pants. It's amazing, the more involved you become in outdoor activities and travel during the winter months, the more clothing you accumulate; it's like a small investment. On any given day when we head out in the …

Clothing and Gear for our Winters – the Basics

Living in Canada's arctic can be an incredible experience and more so if you expand your tolerances to the cold during the winter months by being properly clothed and equipped. Common sense should always prevail but for some it doesn't. I want to be very clear; Sophia and I are not experts in regards to …

How to collect drinking water for the cabin, in winter

You might think that it would be very simple to have drinking water at our cabin in the middle of winter, but it's not always that easy as we have no running water near us, and everything is frozen as it's winter, in the Canadian arctic.  We do have three options though; one, bring water …