Nine mushers and their teams have set out from Igloolik on their way to the finish line in Pond Inlet, for this year’s Nunavut Quest. (Photo by Dustin Patar, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Nine competitors in race from Igloolik to Pond Inlet
Mushers in the Nunavut Quest travelled 68 kilometres northeast from their starting line in Igloolik to Qikiqtaarjuk Island on Thursday, the first day of the race. Originally set to start Tuesday, the race was delayed two days by severe weather.
Four water trucks, four sewage trucks and a garbage truck line up in Baker Lake on April 4 to honour longtime driver Hugh Avatituq, 77, who died March 24. Avatituq started working with the hamlet in 1991, driving garbage trucks and water trucks before joining the sewage fleet, his daughter, Amy Avatituq, said. When he retired in 2022, his fellow workers organized a truck parade in his honour; this lineup serves as a final salute from the fleet he loved. (Photo courtesy of Dannekay Inukpak)