The Tardest Explorer, Teaching in Nunavut

 

 STATIC: it's so dry up here in the winter with the snow that anywhere you go you zap yourself. Even my students took out the PA in their classroom  SNOW: sure I'll see it in Nova Scotia but not for 9 months GRAVEL: that's all the ground is here. Which brings me to GRAY: I hate this colour now. Never thought I'd prefer white over grey FROZEN MEAT the only way you can buy it here. Like nother fresh LACK OF SWIMMING  LACK OF ABILITY TO WALK WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT POLAR BEARS  LACK OF HOT WEATHER  10 DAYS

 Schools out for summer! I have my air ticket and hotel booked for my flight home. The question is should I come back in September? I did an interview and have been tentatively rehired but we shall see. Unless of course I get enlisted in the Canadian forces Reserve with the cadets.

googles took 10 days my curry pasted took a month Model kits about a month hot sauces, 3 weeks more kits a month My friend sent me 2 huge parcels which took 6 weeks to arrive  One of the luxuries of the North is when we get mail. With modern convience of aircraft we can get mail. At the whim of the air service. Usually, ordering something by mail, via internet can take 3 weeks to a month depending on what is being sent, where it's coming from and it's weight. The fastest I have gotten mail was 10 days. The longest so far, 3 months. And I'm still waiting on a parcel I ordered in April! Which got sent to Nova Scotia so I'll see it when I get back  Mail into the post office can be like Christmas, or a reminder of how far away we are from the rest of the world.

 The late spring is here, temperatures are around 0c to 1c. Sun is always up. Within 20 days I will be finished my teaching year and will go home for the summer.  

  And as a hearty stew I made from the celebration leftovers  The leftover roast beef that Craig my buddy and I ate I was pleasantly surprised by everyone celebrating with me Ah, now hats a plate worth cake, chips, candy was on offer, as it had been awhile since we had a staff celebration   with 24 hour daylight I bought myself Edward Teachs or Blackbeards flag

never sit at front of sled unless you like pain Making the lagger the valley the lake is in Skiidoos and sleds inside the Eskimo tent, we used as a cookhouse Vents open 3 stove going Freshly fried caribou Ptamagins which the drives shot on the other side of the ridge. We were welcome to take but I forgot to bring some bags Looking back towards town on way back about 25km out It's that way, with my binoculars I could see the town My winter kit was perfect  On my back I took advice and laid on my back Just chilling  So I made a chili for supper, thanks to Maritime Madness and I made the bannock to go.  Our school took our  students out on the land the week of May 15-17 and again from May 23-25 depending on weather.. I went on Tuesday May 16, 2023. Word of the day ROUGH! I rode in the sled and though had been told to sit on the back, I took the front as 2 students took the back.. Big mistake. Every bump we hit I felt from my lower back and no matter how I tried to cushi...