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Welcoming the Sun to Inuvik

1/7/2013

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Happy New Year from the Arctic - 2013 is here!  I can't believe a year has passed since I moved to Inuvik.  After a relaxing two-week Christmas holiday in BC, I flew back north on January 4, exactly one year to the day that I moved up in 2012.  This place sure feels like home! 

Once again, I arrived just in time for the sun to return after a month.  Yesterday (Sunday, January 6) was the first day that the sun came over the horizon.  Unfortunately, it was overcast, so we didn't see much sunlight, but it will be coming back fast.  Today it was up for an hour.

Inuvik celebrates the annual "sunrise festival" with a number of activities, including:


FRIDAY, JANUARY 4

6PM-9PM                            A Taste of Inuvik                                                              MSC Community Hall
Come and enjoy a plate or two of food prepared by local restaurants and chefs in Inuvik.  $5/plate

 
9PM-12AM                         Old Time Dance                                                                MSC Community Hall
Jig the sun back to Inuvik with a traditional ‘Old Time Dance’ featuring James Rogers and the Delta Good Time Band

 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5

10AM-2PM                         The Sunrise Community Pancake Breakfast         Royal Canadian Legion
Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary and the Town of Inuvik, please come on out and fill up on the sunniest eggs, the fluffiest pancakes and yummiest bacon ‘n’ sausages this side of the sun!
 

12PM                                    Snowmobile Parade to Jim Koe Park                       Gathering Point: Inuvik Boat Launch
Rev up your decorated snowmobiles and join in the full-throttle parade through the streets of Inuvik to Jim Koe Park!  Prizes for best decorated machine!
 

12PM-4PM                         Sunrise Snow Park                                                           Jim Koe Park
Bundle up the kids and bring them down to our Snow Park activity day in Jim Koe Park.  Sliding hills, games, snowcarving competition, heated tents, big fire and concession foods!

 
6PM-7PM                            The Sunrise Bonfire                                                        Roads End Golf Course
Come out to the REALLY big fire down by the golf course.  Concession foods and drinks and a great social atmosphere.


7PM                                       The Return of the Sun Fireworks Finale                 Roads End Golf Course
Come help the Inuvik Volunteer Fire Fighters celebrate the return of the sun with our annual fireworks extravaganza!
 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11

730PM                                  The Lights with Jay Gilday Community Concert                  Igloo Church
Presented by CBC Music and Canadian North, Juno-award winner and music superstar Lights will be performing with Yellowknife’s Jay Gilday. Donations to the Food Bank and Children’s First accepted at the door. 

 
I didn't make it to the bonfire this year (see last year's blog about this) but I did see the fireworks on my walk home.  According to the news, it was a good event.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/01/06/north-inuvik-sunrise-festival.html
 
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Sunrise festival bonfire - photo courtesy Allison Devereaux/CBC
Even though I wasn't in Inuvik for Christmas, below are some pictures of the pre-Christmas activities that take place in the North.
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I put up my tree November 12 - and it will stay up until the end of January! We need as much light and cheer as we can get :).
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My Inuit snow angel tree-topper. They are $50 each if anyone wants me to order one for next year!
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Gingerbread men decorating party!
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The fixings for the gingerbread cookies.
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Work Christmas party - lots of good food and fun games.
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One of the games - guess whose desk the item was "stolen" from!
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Ending the party with a dance!
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Three More Sleeps

1/1/2012

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Woo hoo!  My first blog post.  A new year, a new adventure...  In three days, I will arrive in Inuvik to start my new life at the Top of the World.  

I will spend the next couple of days doing final packing and preparations and enjoying time with my parents in BC -- it was great to be home for Christmas.  Looking at the year ahead, I feel mostly excited and a little nervous!

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The huge United truck on my tiny Ottawa side street


It seems I've been preparing for this move forever.  In fact, I had about 5 weeks to wrap up everything in Ottawa before Christmas, buy what I needed for the North, give or throw away what I didn't need, find good tenants for my condo, and say my goodbyes.  My life has been neatly packed up in boxes, which is a surreal but satisfying feeling.  

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Everything I need for the North is on its way in a big truck...in fact, several big trucks for various stages along the journey.  (By the way, if you need good movers, contact Bandstra Moving -- they are affiliated with United and are fantastic, and didn't overcharge). 

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Everything I don't need is in a storage unit in Ottawa - how did I acquire so much STUFF?   I do have a lot of childhood memorabilia, some antiques, old photos, and souvenirs from my travels around the world.  But I'm sure I could do with a lot less...  One of the things I will try to do in the North is to buy less (which should be an easy resolution to keep with no stores around!) and not acquire stuff I don't really need.  There's nothing like having to pack and move to make you appreciate a simple life!

Thank you for reading my first post.  I'm nervous about pressing "publish" and sending it out into the world!  Tomorrow I will show you some of the special things I bought for life in the North.   Happy New Year everyone.
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