Take cover Nanuk.

Today is the opening of the Polar bear hunt in Nunatsiavut. It is operated on a quota system, six bears in total, 1 each for the four southern towns, 2 for Nain. Ya put you name in and takes ya chances.
The area of the hunt is from Sandwich Bay in the south to Cap Chiddley in the north. A hunter with a license has a certain time frame to get their bear. No bear then the license is passed to next hunter on the list.
If a hunter gets a bear that hunter is exempt from applying again for 5 years.

Photo was taken couple of springs ago. Photos by G. Ford. It was Ingutuk Matthews’s first sighting of Nanuk.



Noticed unusual amount of activity around the stores yesterday, it was out of the ordinary for the time of day and the amount of people and ski doos. Took me a few minutes to gel to why [it was the stunning cold -27c]; the payout had been made.
Later at home, lots of furniture loaded on komatiks sped past the window. Good to see money spent wisely, well some what wisely as better value for money spent could be had if people waited and purchased south. But as Fran said, “people have been without so long”.