Arviat players William Uppahuak, left, Thayer Komakjuak, Mark Kalluak, Ryley Komakjuak and Dexter Kalluak celebrate after winning gold in the Polar Bear Plate hockey tournament in Rankin Inlet on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Jim MacDonald)
Team takes title with shutout win over hometown club
A ban on air horns and blow horns inside the Agnico Eagle Arena in Rankin Inlet didn’t stop fans from raising the roof during the Polar Bear Plate hockey tournament this past weekend.
Lisa Evic fills water jugs at the Duval River in Pangnirtung on Tuesday. Her cousin Simeonie Lucassie Aakeeshoo Akpik, who photographed her, says residents regularly travel up the river to collect fresh water and use it for coffee and tea. Fed mainly by snowmelt and glacial runoff, the river is the community’s primary source of drinking water. (Photo by Simeonie Lucassie Aakeeshoo Akpik)
Nellie Iqalukjuak is dwarfed by an iceberg lodged in the ice in Patricia Bay, near Clyde River, last week. Her husband George Iqalukjuak, who photographed her on the ice, said icebergs of this size are not common in the sheltered bay and can sometimes remain there for months. Some residents collect pieces of the ice for drinking water, he said. (Photo courtesy of George Iqalukjuak)