It was an incredibly nice day yesterday, clear, frosty, no wind. Took a run out on the ice, not a good idea considering my back, but what the heck. It was very rough, looked and felt like a white wind swept ocean, which it is, only a frozen one. It must be hard on people and machines hauling wood, and a lot are doing it.

Had a couple of trips to the airstrip; supposedly to pick up some one, had a no show.
No shortage of other folks arriving, the town filled up in the afternoon with the delegates etc for the Combined Councils Meeting. They got in just in time according to the forecast, the Kannik [snow] forecast for last night did not eventuate, but Kannivuk [it is snowing] now. Wind picking up too, I’m sure we will not make a bloody big deal out of some snow and wind like they do down the Avalon.

This is another tragedy on the Torngats of a recent era.

http://alavigne.net/newHomePage/Outdoors/TripReports/Torngats2004/index.jsp

It may look like I’m trying to frighten people away; hopefully I’m making people aware of the dangers and the need for top notch planning and back ups, do that and all should be copasetic.