Arctic Beyond....

[Dalking]

Originally posted by clem24


I used to go up every year during both summer and winter between 2004 and 2008. Almost every time, it was -50 BEFORE the wind chill and I had to walk to work since my boss was too cheap to pay for a taxi LOL. I stayed at the Ducklake apartments (close to the Post Office which had an electronic sign outside reminding me how cold it was) and had to walk to the north end of town.. Yeah it was chilly to say the least. In Feb, the sun would never peak over the horizon. It was pitch dark until around noon, then look like sunrise until 3, and be pitch dark again. Some days I slept until 11 because I kept thinking it was 6 LOL.

Inuvik is so far north that you actually look SOUTH to see the Northern Lights LOL. I loved going up there in the winter way more than summer when the place gets infested with mosquitoes and such. My favorite place was Fort Good Hope; an absolutely beautiful community, very friendly and amazing locals unlike some of the other small communities.

Sigh... I actually do miss going up there LOL. Is the Pizza Hut still in the Northern store? I couldn't believe what they charged for a pizza hahaha.

yes pizza hut and kfc iirc it was $11 or $12 for a chicken finger meal, pizza was even more. Expensive place to live.

If you're a smoker, the price of a premium pack of 25's for players, or dumarier/export a was about $18-19. Milk was double what it is here.

[Dalking]

Dogsled Photos

This is the main entrance


The Kennel




one of my dogs that pulled me, they were awesome dogs.










one of the electricians holding a puppy.


here is the sled i got to ride.

[Dalking]

Some lucky people up there have some nice vehicles, saw this raptor all the time, had the nice limited edition monster energy wheels/wheelcaps


Another stray


The ravens up here were the size of eagles.


Work truck haha


Another local house, forget why I took a picture of it.


The full moon

[Graham_A_M]

Sweet photos. Anybody know what kind of dog this is?

[ExtraSlow]

I've spent some time north of Fort Nelson in the winter, and while still hundreds of miles south of Inuvik, it's a lot like what's pictured. The Ravens are insane, and once they find a source of food, they'll hang around pretty much all winter.

Ice roads are also kinda trippy. I've never been on "the" ice road that's in those shows, but a lot of my drilling locations are on frozen muskeg. Drive for an hour, and only see one hill. Speeds are kind of misleading. Gotta pay attention, because you can end up driving a lot faster than you think. Almost mesmerizing.

Had a rig start to sink in that stuff one spring, that's alarming, as ice is pretty flexible up to a point, but it can be brittle when stressed. Everyone was wondering how deep the water was there . . . Didn't sink the rig though, thank goodness. I think I put that on my performance review for the year: "Did not create any semi-submerisble rigs in NEBC - Achieved"

[adamc]

Welcome to the North Side, where the sun sets at 1pm



Sats pointing straight down



pineapple



Dogsledding



Me, after dogsledding. Incredible time.



My Christmas card photoshoot on the ice road (-48 below, yes it was very small)

[fiveowed]

I think everyone is waiting to hear, the stories of crushing some inuit poon.

[Kritafo]

wow cool pictures. looks like a great time, always wanted to go. I have travelled all across North America but never NWT/Yukon/Nunavut areas. My niece is moving to Yellowknife in Dec and I can't wait to go up next summer.

Love the cheeky Christmas card. HOLY over 16.00 for a pineapple. wow!

Dog sledding is suppose to be so much fun, sled dog look just like a "pure white" Siberian husky to me.


http://www.whitehuskies.com/index.php

[Sentry]

I was born in Inuvik.

Spent 5 years there then moved to Yellowknife and spent 14 years there. Moved here in 09.

Haven't been back to Inuvik since '95 but saw a lot of familiar sights. Ingamo hall, DEW line radar dome, utilidors, houses on stilts, etc.

Surprised you took a pic of the mosque but not the big ass igloo church.

I'll probably go up for a visit some time in the next couple years. Gotta visit during that sweet spot between winter and summer before the bugs come.

[revelations]

Originally posted by adamc




My Christmas card photoshoot on the ice road (-48 below, yes it was very small)

Ill bet you wouldnt have done this in August .... lol

[Sentry]

In august any time spent outside a vehicle is spend running with arms flailing.

[ZenOps]

You got a pic of the infamous $15.. Well $16 pineapple.

Any chance I can use that?

[Boosted131]

what was the hourly wage for this? I keep seeing "it pays really good"

[btimbit]

Originally posted by Sentry

Surprised you took a pic of the mosque but not the big ass igloo church.

Haha. I did the mosque because we worked on it, I have a lot more pictures, including the igloo church, on my other computer

[revelations]

Originally posted by Boosted131
what was the hourly wage for this? I keep seeing "it pays really good"

I believe it was ~400$ /day. 10-12 hours however ?

[ercchry]

Originally posted by revelations


I believe it was ~400$ /day. 10-12 hours however ?

$50/hr... no OT, just flat rate

[btimbit]

edit nvm

[ercchry]

the wage was posted in the original thread looking for help

[btimbit]

Originally posted by ercchry
the wage was posted in the original thread looking for help

And was edited out. I'm sure it doesn't matter now that it's been a year, but at the risk of burning bridges I won't confirm if that's right.

10 hour days, which was the perfect amount imo. Sure doesn't drag on when you're working with awesome people

[ercchry]

did you guys work 7 day weeks too?