Showing posts with label arctic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arctic. Show all posts

Monday, November 02, 2009

Arviat Nunavut photo book

Photos from the time I worked in the Arctic at Arviat, Nunavut, Canada

Around Old Town Yellowkife Photo Book

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

First Prime Minister to visit any part of Canada north of the Arctic Circle, July 21, 1961


DSC_8312, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

This sculpture, symbolic of the cooperation of the three races in this community and in the North, was erected by the Government of the Northwest Territories in honour of the official opening of Inuvik. The opening ceremony was performed by the Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker, P.C., M.P. who was the first Prime Minister to visit any part of Canada north of the Arctic Circle, July 21, 1961