Saturday, August 22, 2009

Row, Row, Row your Boat.....

(and we didn't have to row!!--in case you wondered!?)

Today we had went out with Joavie's Brother, Martana Alivaktuk and his grandson, Cory! It was an awesome day---Delia and Markus organized it...and basically we didn't really have a destination in mind....so at first we headed and saw a few icebergs.... and then a BUNCH of seals swimming together!! (before we headed to explore an island!)...all in all it was another awesome day!! Christine and I....enjoying being out on the water!Delia and I..... Markus and I..... ..when we came upon this iceberg it was COVERED in birds...... as we approached they of course started to fly away..... pretty darn cool! ...shortly after that... we saw a group of TONS of seals swimming together at the surface....
ONE of the only shots I got of a seal head....and I didn't even centre it!! (but bare in mind.. i was shooting from a MOVING boat...and it was bumpy!)
I turned back and saw this behind the boat.....it was one of my fav images from the day...
...as with EVERY boat ride I've had in the Arctic(today's marks the 3rd day trip I've had)...I always end up being FREEZING like 10-15mins before we are at our destination.....this time I was ready---had a hat and mittens..... here's Christine posing with hers........
...and me.... tryin to look all tough..but really I was FREEZING!!!



...I have more photos of our destination....where we hiked a bit; explored; and had a picnic lunch...but I think that's a good story for tomorrow....(after all don't want to overwhelm you all with TOO many photos in one day....)
...stay tuned for more...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

All great photos but I especially like the iceberg ones.