Monthly Archives: November 2006

aniu

[anui: Inuit for packed snow] there came a time when peeing outside the tent — out of sight of the giggling young Inuit women who would play spy-on-the-white-man with anyone emerging from the poker game and freeing his dink from … Continue reading

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auksalaq

[auksalaq: Inuit for melting snow] We had trudged across the mile of unbroken sitliq* between our cluster of tents beside the frozen lake and the drill sites on the high ridge every day for several weeks. Nights were mystical bright … Continue reading

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sitliq

[sitliq: Inuit for hard crusty snow] the kid wore woollen mittens pinned to his serge wool parka and those navy wool breeches with their laced leggings that looked so much like the Mounties’ but were not so great when his … Continue reading

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