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Ahh, final week already…

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Well folks, sorry about the lack of photographs this trip. I am finding that this time around the "feels like -58" kind of takes the thrill of sightseeing out of the "something fun to do on a sunny afternoon" catagorie. So walking to the Northern store and immediate vicinity has been the extent of my travel. This posting has no vehicle for security- no driving duties at all so no car access. Staying the month in a motel for a month is, well, like staying in a motel for a month. The room had been great and the joint use kitchen down the hall has worked well for my meal preps. The churtling raven that croaks near my window occassionall around noon- that was cute the first time- and could have occurred anywhere. But the people moving around the hallways, tvs in the kitchen, conversations in the lounge below my room can make sleeping during the day a little challanging. Someone suggested a noise machine or fan- what a great idea that would have been if I had thought of...

Brrrr!!

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Rankin Inlet. I think that this is the largest centre that I've worked in- maybe second largest town next to Iqaluit? Airport is going through a huge expansion, there are two or 3 Tim Hortons, the Health Centre has 2 floors... But it has been cold. The cold days have been only mid minus 30's, but windchills on the windy days are in the "feels like -60". Ya, I'll agree with that! The Health Centre is right accross the street from the hotel (motel?) that I am staying at- maybe a 100 yards door to door if that. The Northern store is up the hill past the Centre- maybe a 15 minute walk. I take the snowmobile track not the roadway- I don't know really which is safer... The Northern is pretty well stocked and much more variety that the smaller communities stores. Conveniently, there is a meat packaging plant a block over from the Northern that cuts, packages and ships local caught product- so I stopped in and picked up a kilo of cubed stewing muskox! The guy was...