Field technician Simon Aggark of the Sapujiyiit Society, left, and Anulik Kadjuk fill a bottle with under-ice seawater during a sample-collecting trip near Chesterfield Inlet in April. (Photo courtesy of Masha Kardashevskaya)
Genice II project staffed with Inuit and southern researchers
A team of Inuit and southern researchers is using the water off Chesterfield Inlet as a living laboratory as they study naturally occurring microbes that feed on oil residue in the ocean.
The work of Puvirnituq artist Juanisialuk Irqumia shines on the facade of Iqaluit’s Northmart. The piece, titled “Hunting Walrus by Kayak,” was installed Aug. 25. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Friends Cameron Sharpe, left, and Caiden Joamie display their catch of Arctic char on Sylvia Grinnell River, near Iqaluit, on Saturday morning. The fish were so bountiful, the teens said, that they snagged them with a jerk of the line without waiting for a bite. (Photo by Daron Letts)
An iceberg the size of a two-car garage is beached about 500 metres from shore between Apex and Iqaluit. Cousins Viivi Morrison-Mike, left, Harper Strutz, and Laivi Morrison-Mike collected tubs of drinking water from the ice Saturday because “it tastes good,” they said. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Sukha Panesar, 2, holds still like a tiger stalking prey as facepainter Melissa Bascunan blackens his nose during a barbecue Saturday at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. Hundreds of people took part in the event, hosted by the Northern Territories Federation of Labour and the Nunavut Employees Union. (Photo by Daron Letts)