Photo: Long-distance skiers get warm welcome in Kuujjuaq

Four months and 2,000 kilometres later, Projet Karibu’s cross-country skiers Jacob Racine, Bruno-Pierre Couture, Sébastien Dugas and Marie-Andrée Fortin made it to their destination May 5, with a warm welcome from local students. Here, the group poses along the Koksoak River with Kuujjuamiut youth, who came out to greet the group as they skied into town. (PHOTO BY ISABELLE DUBOIS)