Friday, March 19, 2010

End of Week

Hello again, the last couple of days have been busy again. After the final staff meeting there was a caribou feast where I got to try some raw caribou, a very different, but good taste (I'll have some pictures later).
Two Czech explores came into town yesterday after spending 12 days skiing across Baffin Island. The man we are staying with, Jerry, who is Polish was able to speak to them as their languages are not so different. The two explorers had their tents all set up to live for the next few days but Jerry invited them in and we had a feast of Turbot (fish), caribou and vegetables. After a long conversation between the explores and Jerry (which we understood very little, minus hand gestures and some translation from Jerry) we learned one of the men is a very experienced traveller. He has been to the North Pole 8 times, 3000 miles across Greenland alone, and to the Antarctic among others.
Anyway, that is all for now, hopefully today after school there is a demonstration of traditional Inuit games, but no one seems to know if it's going to happen.
Peace out for now

1 comment:

  1. Scott, you look and sound like you're having a simply amazing time, your pictures are wonderful and exciting, keep them coming.
    I miss you though
    DSAJ

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