Day 5: Part I: The Blizzard of 07 - Iqaluit

Today started out like any other day waking up in an Inuit high school in a fort that Jeff and I had constructed with pieces of cardboard and crates that we had found. We ate our delicious breakfast of toast, cereal, juice and breakfast bars, then...we looked outside, and couldn't see the town. It was a blizzard. We all went back to the room to put on our winter jackets and mittens like we were back in elementary school and ran outside. We got to the other side of the school and were blown back by the powerful winds. We had approximately 6 inches of white fluffy snow and up at Clyde River which is under a blizzard warning, the winds are up to 61kph. We may not leave for Clyde River today due to the weather conditions but there may still be hope. We've heard that the weather was suppose to clear up sometime this afternoon and we may be able to catch a flight if the weather in Clyde decides to cooperate. These pictures are a comparison of yesterdays weather to todays.