I went for a walk one bright, sunny but still cold afternoon. I headed down to the docks to enjoy the view of the frozen Arctic ocean in winter time.
Last week had been a tough week for the community of Cambridge Bay. We were hit with the three day blizzard. The post office has also remained closed all week. With the post office and the convenience store forced to stay closed due to a break in, we could not receive or send mail, nor did we have a place to buy basic supplies like Tylenol after the grocery stores closed at 7PM.
So for me, it was nice to get out of the house after the blizzard and enjoy the sunny weather, out on the ice.
It's not obvious where the ocean is in the winter time when everything is frozen. You could easily mistake the frozen ocean as more land. But the sight of the ships and boats frozen in the ice is unmistakable, and a very beautiful sight to see. The larger majestic ships like the Martin Bergmann looked frozen not just in the ice but in time as well.
more boats parked at ht dock, waiting for the spring thaw
I also came across a patch of ice with shells from fireworks that had been set off.
In other news, a newspaper from Greenland, the Arctic Journal, recently published my piece about Cambridge Bay's blizzard last week! You can read it here.
