Flying into Kugluktuk

Another view from the plane, raining in Kugluktuk

One of the many visitors sailing into the bay

Another sailor

A pod of Narwhals in the bay

The whale hunters out

Their first catch

Cutting the muttuk into rectangles

Cutting more muttuk

Then it was the women's turn to cut the meat with their ulu knives

No time to take off her helmet

Handing out the muttuk to the community

We are in one plane taking off while this one was heading into the bay

View of the tundra and waters

This was a large herd of muskox that we seen from the plane, about 20 in the herd in total

One of the fishermen's cabins at Ekalluk River with dry fish hanging

Arctic char drying

This is the fishermen's cook house and dining room at Ekalluk River

We invited Annie to come with us

Our head fisherman, Andy Mala, at Ekalluk River

Two of our contracted fishermen making a net

Stephane and Annie posing with the piffy (pronounced biffy: dry fish)

Andrea with James our pilot

I think James wanted to keep these cuties

Andrea, Andy's grandchild

Flying to Halovik River

 Landed safely at Halovik

 Sample of the Arctic char at Halovik River

 The men checking out the Arctic char

 Les' camp across the river

 James and Les

 The view from the river

 The beach area at Halovik

 One of the muskox across the river

 Two more muskox across the river

 Beautiful landscape heading back to CamBay

North Warning System site (the one with the white radar domes) and our airport

 A fly by of our tower

West side of Cambridge Bay, the long all blue building on your left is where I work