Well, I finally found the time to start the blog again. The Sun is back!!! The return of the sun festival is happening this week with some different events each day. Today, we had the afternoon off today so that the kids could go play some games.
They build an igloo village with about 5 or 6 igloos. There are some elders who have been sleeping in them all week. If you want, you could put your name on a list and sleep in one of the igloos overnight.
The typical parking lot at any Arctic Event: snowmachines and qomatiqs.
Lots of people arrived with their traditional caribou skin clothing.
A dog team of puppies was giving kids rides during the afternoon. They were very cute!
Laura and Ellen enjoying some of the festivities. Ellen is the one in black who refuses to expose even 1 inch of skin.
Steve and Laura inside one of the igloos.
This was one of the igloos. It looks like two from the outside but they are joined together. They had a coleman stove heating the inside and it was very warm.
A girl sitting in the igloo beside the qulliq (traditional stove used to heat the igloo).
Laura and I inside the igloo. It was very cold outside but inside it was very nice but not quite warm enough to avoid seeing your breath when you breathe.
