We kick seals all the time

Here’s a close-up of the traditional games target, which players kick.
It’s a dangling seal.

Those are some long feathers

More bird photography from around town. I think this raven was picking through the grass for insects.

Grafitti report card: You fail

Nothing makes a community uglier than half-written, incoherent and completely untalented grafitti.

(Though the flower-box is a nice touch on Northern’s account.)

Barbed wire

Some finches on a telephone line.

It’s almost raining in Inuvik today, which is rare.

Chop, grill, serve

Aboriginal Day had a production line for cooked whitefish.

It was served burned on the outside, but you’d eat it by “shelling,” which means eating the good parts and leaving the burnt crust.

This is like the Millenium Falcon on wheels

Meaning: It’s a really, really big truck.

How to make a kid’s day

A free ride in a fire truck, sirens blaring.

More dog photos

Aww, isn’t he cute.

Real campfire cooking

Here’s some greasy, sizzling fish on aboriginal day. Oooh yes.

High kicks

Another game: The Alaskan high-kick. You have to land on the foot that touches the seal.