Photo: Hoisting the Maud

f you’re in the western Nunavut town of Cambridge Bay, you can see the form of the Maud, the ship once sailed by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. Thanks to these large canvas balloons, the Maud is slowly rising from the bottom of the bay, where it sank more than 80 years ago. Work continues on the plan by a group of Norwegian investors to raise the boat, put the hulk onto a barge and head off to Norway, 7,000 kilometres away, sometime this month. Speculation is also circulating around Ottawa at that Prime Minister Steven Harper could be heading to Cambridge Bay to check out the project himself during a quick northern tour scheduled later this week — or decide to drop by other spots in Nunavut as well as in the other two territories.
For more on the Maud and a possible Nunavut visit by Harper, follow Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY DENISE LEBLEU IMAGES)