Photo: Getting set for a big adventure

Pete Enoogoo of Pond Inlet (left), Kautaq Illauq of Clyde River, Dina Koonoo of Pond Inlet and Rosemary Sanguya of Clyde River kill some time in front of the Nunavut Research Institute before boarding a flight to Ottawa July 29. The three students, along with Kautaq, who serves as a staff member, will participate in this year’s Students on Ice expedition, which departs from Kuujjuaq July 31 to head along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island. The team of 65 students includes more than 20 northern youth, aged 14 to 19. (PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN MACKENZIE/NRI)