Finally on the Land

Today (Friday) we finally got out on the land as a whole group. We took four skidoos (snowmobiles) and three kamotiqs with Andy, Geoffrey (the local science teacher), and our new Inuit friend named Sam. Sam showed us many interesting things like a cave that he knew of that is a sheer wall of ice and about about 50 feet deep. While we were out on the trail he (Sam) was looking for open breathing holes so he could hunt seal. After some searching we saw a black spot out in the distance. We took out the binoculars and it turned out to be a seal. Here is a picture that I (Joe) took through the binoculars. It is the little black dot in the center. As we continued along our short 150 Km expedition we had to stop at an iceberg to chip off some ice for water to boil later for dinner. While we were out, we got to see some magnificent scenery of mountains and glaciers and we even met up with the Global Warming 101 Expedition Team!

After a quick pitstop at Sam's brother's cabin we headed out even further to visit a galcier, which, according to Sam, use to fill the entire valley. We then headed back to the cabin and we ate a freeze dried dinner and headed home. It took approximately an hour and a half to get home and we arrived about 9:45pm. Dalen and I cleaned up and headed to a community teen dance at C-Hall. We met up with Ida, Ruthie, and some of their friends and danced the night away!