Arctic #5

Arctic #5
I hope you are all enjoying a lovely late summer. Weather here: 1 degree C this morning and up to 2 by the time we went out in it. Wind 25 knots or 36 kmph this morning increasing to 35 knots or 52 kph this afternoon.
Morning activity: To shore by zodiac -- 1 1/2 miles which took about 15 minutes. Loading the zodiac is tricky with the wind. It's done on the lee side but still takes 3 guys to get each guest safely in and out. On shore we wade -- got a bit of water in my boots today as it was deep. Don was OK as his boots are higher. We were going to see the famous Cape Dorset and its art. The village has 1200 inhabitants many of whom are famous printmakers and carvers. Saw a demo on stone carving by the mayor and print making in their workshop. Each year they collect drawings from the local artists and choose which ones get turned into prints. These are then carved out on slate from which the prints are made -- are signed and limited edition.
The ride back in the zodiac was very wet so I had to hang my stuff up to dry. Luckily it did in the two hours before heading out again for a local park. We walked for 1 1/2 hours looking at a variety of Thule sites which are about 1500 years old. As the wind had picked up, the ride out against the wind was really rough and we get splashed a lot. The way back was easy as we had the wind behind us. It snowed while we were there -- hard on the face when facing that kind of wind. Our jackets are awesome and my faithful buff was a big help plus my Peru wool hat.
I have interesting things for dinner -- venison, frog's legs and lamb for instance. Don isn't as adventuresome so usually picks beef or fish.