Greetings and salutations,

If you’re reading this, you’re most likely my friend, relative, acquaintance, or a creditor in the process of tracking me down. Welcome to the former grouping, “Good luck, bottom-feeding weasels!” to the latter.

In any event, the purpose of this page is primarily to give me something to do to combat the tedium of having so much free time on my hands. Secondarily, it’s to answer the “numerous” (one or two) requests for pictures of my current surroundings, Whale Cove...now that I'm actually preparing to move out of them.

For those of you who aren’t aware of my whereabouts (in which case you’re probably a bill collector or a family member), I’ve been living in Nunavut, Canada since September. The precise locale is a small community called Whale Cove, cleverly named so due to the abundance of Beluga whales frequenting the cove the town was built beside.

Situated along the west coast of Hudson ’s Bay between Arviat (Eskimo Point) and Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove boasts a population upwards of three-hundred or so souls. Most residents of the town are Inuit, often mistakenly called Eskimos or Indians, who are fluent in both English and Inuktitut. People from the south, usually living here temporarily to teach, nurse, construct, or fill other professional position, are referred to as “Kabloona(k).”  From what I have gathered the loose translation is “Man with big eyebrows.” The weather here ranges from “You call this ‘Summer’?” to “Holy *&%$ my blood is solidifying!!!” As for the landscape, it can be a breathtaking, humbling vision of natures beauty and profundity or a great setting in which to film some post-apocalyptic movie, depending on your interests.

At any rate, I could go on all day with fascinating tidbits of information about the place, but even I’m not that bored so I really doubt that you are. With this in mind let’s just delve right into one of the most disgracefully amateur “virtual tours” on the web…

Town & Country

Our House

Around Town

Mass Transit

Miscellaneous