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Canadian Coast Guard runs environmental drill in Iqaluit

Exercise is one of two events the coast guard is holding to celebrate its 60th anniversary

Members of the Canadian Coast Guard run through a mock scenario at Iqaluit’s causeway Thursday afternoon in which they need to clean up what’s left from a 550-litre diesel spill on the coastline. The sprinkling water rinses oil off the shoreline and into the bay, where the oil is contained by a barrier — or boom — and cleaned, said Sean Hurd, a coast guard deputy superintendent. Hurd said cleaning this way causes less harm to vegetation and wildlife. Thursday’s exercise is one of two events the federal agency is holding in Iqaluit this week to celebrate its 60th anniversary. The second event is an open house at Iqaluit Square Friday from noon to 2:30 p.m. (Photo by David Venn)

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Lots to see, lots to do at Iqaluit’s registration event

Dozens of people came out to the Arctic Winter Games Arena for the annual in-person mass registration event in 2022. This year’s event is set for Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (File photo)

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Kenn Harper talks Rasmussen and the Fifth Thule Expedition

Writer and historian Kenn Harper gives a talk on Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and the Fifth Thule Expedition, which Rasmussen led in the Arctic from 1921 to 1924, to a room of more than 50 people at the Nunavut Research Institute in Iqaluit on Wednesday. Harper is set to launch his book, “For Inuit and Explorers,” the fifth book in his “In Those Days” series about Arctic history, at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

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All smiles in pitsi workshop

Event part of Nunavut Parks’ weekly ‘Learn To…’ series

Haali Paton, centre, shows visitors to Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park in Iqaluit on Tuesday how to make pitsi. Sherry Nuliayuk, left, and Kethika Kulleperuma take in what Paton is saying as they try to gut their fish. Making pitsi, which is the Inuit method of drying a fish, is a part of Nunavut Parks’ ‘Learn To…’ series. “It’s a great opportunity to teach others [how to make pitsi],” Paton said of the workshop. Similar events are also held at Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park in Rankin Inlet and Kugluk Territorial Park in Kugluktuk. A full schedule of this year’s remaining events is on the Government of Nunavut website. (Photo by David Lochead)