Last night we took ski-doos (I tried calling it a snowmobile and was met with a blank stare until I amended my verbiage) 30 minutes outside of town to a quaint cabin tucked into a small bay on Great Slave Lake. We were paying for an “Aurora Viewing Tour” which made me cringe for several …
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In Search of Naka
After a day of fishing, checking traps, and collecting firewood, I asked a new friend to tell me a story about the northern lights. Over tea and ginger cookies, he told me about a hunting trip with this father many years ago when naka (the Dene word for the northern lights) had led them to …
The Ice Road Adventure
My Father likes to test the bounds of human capabilities. This usually leads to some pretty intense physical challange in far from ideal conditions. For example, before school began last year, my dad and I drove my car out to the Springs a few days early in the hopes of summiting Pikes Peak. Two days …
Happy New Year!
Fireworks to celebrate the New Year in Yellowknife Onlookers spread out over the ice to watch the display
The Odds are Not in My Favor
I did all the research and crunched all the numbers to find the most probable yet cost and education efficient time to see the northern lights, but sometimes the odds are just not in your favor. The weather forecast for the next few days is a continuation of the last few days; cloudy. In addition, …
From dawn to dusk and beyond
Observations after two days in Yellowknife
No lights to be had up here in the Yellowknife. Though the odds and the timing should all be in my favor, as luck would have it, the weather is not. Clouds have blanketed the sky from the time I landed until tonight, and now there is just enough thinning to pick out small pockets …
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Musings on a Sleepless Flight
I am a notorious travel sleeper. Put me in a car, plane, train, or covered wagon and I am fast asleep before you can say, “are we there yet?”. This has served me extremely well in the past; sleeping through turbulence resembling a roller coaster, near death experiences while driving with my father, and sibling …
Oh the Places I’ll Go with a Venture Grant
Congratulations! Today is my day. I’m off to Canada I’m off and away! I’m off to Yellowknife, Canada in pursuit of the Aurora Borealis. I have seen it once, but once is not enough for me. I was much to young to fully appreciate the brilliance and motion of the dancing bands of light. …
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