Monday, November 27, 2006
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Churchill, November, 2006
I'm in Churchill for 3 weeks doing my final field work for my master's project! I got here yesterday (November 14th) and there was a Polar Bear on the runway. Carley Basler who works at the Churchill Northern Studies Center and is a former Environmental Science nerd like me, picked me up and told me the place was infested with bears right now, just waiting to get on the ice.
Later that day, Carley, her two dogs, Trigger and Bear, and her rifle and I hiked out to her cabin through snow, sparse bush, and over a frozen lake. It was so great to be able to hike outside in -15 C and get my moosehide boots wet again! The ocean air is so fresh and clean, cripsy, and gets into your lungs. If this place wasn't so infested with bears, I would go skiing!
I had a meeting with the high school principal and grade 11 science teacher yesterday and they gave an enthusiastic go-ahead with my photographic journal project for Monday. This is the last project within my thesis to be completed.
Today I had a meeting with a local hunter/trapper named Parker, and I gave him a copy of the book with a chapter that he co-authored with me. He was very happy to recieve it, and will be accompanying me on the field trip with the high school kids on monday. The outcome of this project will be a book about Youth Perspectives on Environmental Change in Churchill, Manitoba.
I drove home (back to the Studies Center) with 2 friends, John and Nicole, and we stopped at Ledune's to see if there were bears in the yard. Sure enough, there was a big male there about 20 meters away from us. We also stopped at L5 to look for bears but found an Arctic Fox instead. Tonight we are having Arctic Char and Caribou for an evening snack.
I love staying here, there is so much going on all the time, and so many people around interested in research.
Later that day, Carley, her two dogs, Trigger and Bear, and her rifle and I hiked out to her cabin through snow, sparse bush, and over a frozen lake. It was so great to be able to hike outside in -15 C and get my moosehide boots wet again! The ocean air is so fresh and clean, cripsy, and gets into your lungs. If this place wasn't so infested with bears, I would go skiing!
I had a meeting with the high school principal and grade 11 science teacher yesterday and they gave an enthusiastic go-ahead with my photographic journal project for Monday. This is the last project within my thesis to be completed.
Today I had a meeting with a local hunter/trapper named Parker, and I gave him a copy of the book with a chapter that he co-authored with me. He was very happy to recieve it, and will be accompanying me on the field trip with the high school kids on monday. The outcome of this project will be a book about Youth Perspectives on Environmental Change in Churchill, Manitoba.
I drove home (back to the Studies Center) with 2 friends, John and Nicole, and we stopped at Ledune's to see if there were bears in the yard. Sure enough, there was a big male there about 20 meters away from us. We also stopped at L5 to look for bears but found an Arctic Fox instead. Tonight we are having Arctic Char and Caribou for an evening snack.
I love staying here, there is so much going on all the time, and so many people around interested in research.
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