Sachs Harbour and Northern Lights

Hey Everyone,

Its been awhile so time for and update. Went to Sachs Harbour for work and got some great pictures. Had a good time on this trip. On the flight back to Inuvik we saw the northern lights that was neat to see up in the air.

It has been very cold and super clear so have had some great northern lights shows recently, I have attached a few to this email. They are definitely the best thing about winter up here.

Only a few more months until summer. I cannot wait for the long days and warm weather. The bugs I dot not look forward to as much but I will take them too for long days and warmth.

I attached a bunch of pictures of the trip to Sachs and of Northern Lights. Enjoy.

 Sunset in Sachs Harbour

 Looking out onto the vast Arctic Ocean (as far as the eye can see)

 Almost $6 for a can of soup. Most other things were just as expensive.

 Sachs Harbour

 Muskox

 Deon and I explored an abandoned hotel (the Icicle Inn). It was super creepy.

 Doors and windows were broken so snow was all blown through. Animal tracks throughout as well.

 The inn was so creepy because it was as if there were people there and they just left all of a sudden. Papers, chairs, beds, even sheets and cleaners, etc. left just like they would come back some day to use them. It could daily be the site of a horror film - post apocalypse.

 Beside the inn was an abandoned science station as well. Equally as creepy!

 Cairn in Sachs Harbour with a plaque about the first visit to the location by the arctic vessel the Mary Sachs in 1913. Very nice view of Sachs Harbour as well.

 On the Ice Road on the way to Tuk from Inuvik.

 It was cold!

 Truck coming on the road.

 Northern Lights (March 9, 2012)

  Northern Lights from by backyard.

 From the front yard they were all around.

 The next pictures were of the Northern Lights from the Ice Road. We went out to get out of the light.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.
Will post again.

Josh

Famous Tuk

Update time is here again!

We have been having some wacky weather lately.

Last week we had a blizzard so bad that the office was closed for 4 of the 5 days in the work week. Drifts were so high what you could climb from the top into a second storey window. And packed the snow was packed so hard that only metal shovels and heavy equipment could do anything with it. Trucks were covered and the engines packed to the hoods with snow. Could not even see across the road (10ft) at times. It was amazing to see (as long as I don't see it very often).

This week it has been wicked cold. Today for example -53 with windchill. At that temperature you get frostbite in less than 2 minutes. But this cold weather has brought clear nights and I have seen the Northern Lights a few times this week. They are such an amazing sight. One of my favorite things about the north.

Favorite things about the North:
1) Arctic Summer Nights
2) The Northern Lights

Well thats about it for now, I feel that there was something else that I was going to blog about, but I cannot remember.

Bye for now,
Josh

OH YA! - the other thing was that I was watching Parks and Recreation last night, a show on ABC or one of those channels, and they mentionned the Tuk Ice Road - famous little Tuk!