Photo: Victory for a Pakallak Tyme racer

Tristan Dias is hoisted aloft after winning the Kivalliq Challenge cross-country snowmobile race in the senior 600-cc category during the Pakallak Tyme festival held April 24 to May 3 in Rankin Inlet. He took first place ahead of 13 other racers in a final race near Rankin inlet and won $8000 in prize money, plus a trophy and flag autographed by Jordin Tootoo. (PHOTO BY NOEL KALUDJAK)