Helenenorth

 Good morning The story this week is the weather!  It is darn cold.  The temperature fluctuates between minus 18 to minus 60.  The cold temperature increases as the wind picks up. Because there are no trees here, there is nothing to stop the wind.  It is not uncommon for the force to be between 20 and 60  or 70 k an hour. All you have to do is to dress for it.  I have snow pants, parka, gloves, goggles, balaclava, toque and fur lined boots with retractable spikes.  I also use walking sticks for balance.  The secret is to keep every inch of your skin covered, and to keep moving.  The Inuit don't move quickly, but they are always moving.  There is a lesson in there for me! We have had  a couple of blizzards, with heavy fog, blowing snow.  The ice on the ocean has formed, and it is getting pretty thick.  Occasionally the polar bears get lost.  Their eye-sight is not very good so they really can't see where they are ...

 Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season--I sure did!! My holiday was rather early, leaving here in November with a very bad root canal that needed a redo.  It finally settled down on December 24, so I was able have a great holiday in Nelson, with no pain Returning north was an adventure in itself.  First my plane from Victoria to Vancouver was delayed.  After another delay in Vancouver, the flight was canceled so I had a lovely overnight at the Sandman courtesy of Air Canada.  The trip to Montreal was lovely, and I stayed there overnight.  My usual flight plan was altered because of  the earlier delay,  thus missing my flight north.  The only thing that was available was a trip to the Hudson Coast, Puv, and then across to the Ungava Coast, Kuujjuak where I spent another night.  I finally arrived last Saturday morning, right in the middle of a huge wind storm!! I always view travel as part of the fun, and I really had...