Last day in Iqaluit

Well...the Mamas are leaving Iqaluit today and catching a plane to Igloolik - a small community right on the Arctic ocean - what an adventure we have had!! We spent the day yesterday wandering around town after our exciting interview with Rosie at CBC North! Met up with some really great kids on the streets of Iqaluit.

Just outside of The Arctic College is a funky collection of Inukshuks - here is Mama Georgia, Mama Tannis and Mama Chantal!

We stopped in at the local grocery store - things here are really expensive - look at this ice cream for $14.99!!

I thought this was interesting to see the Women and Men's washroom sign - aren't they beautiful??

While we were walking around we kept coming across rocks and stones that have been carved by local artists - there are NO gardens here but many rockeries. There are NO trees in Iqaluit either - imagine that! Look at Mama A with her new friend!

Next we came upon the most beautiful wall of Inuit Art murals on the Firestation - check out some of these images...

Later that night after our evening show we cooked up and ate a fresh Arctic Char that Mama A helped pull out of the sea with her new friends Charlie and Donna - it was DELICIOUS!!! As we were drifting off to our sleepy place we looked out the window and saw the moon rising above Frobisher Bay - this is as dark as it gets at this time of year in Iqaluit...pretty cool...

Day two in Nunavut...

Ai (Inuktitut for "Hi") Here we are again totally enjoying ourselves in The Arctic!

Our first adventure today was a preschool workshop in the Elder Centre - what a great group of people of all ages! We sang, danced and played together! What fun!





In Inuit culture the babies are carried around in a coat that is called an "Amoutik" pronounced "a-mouty" - they are a little pouch that sits right on the adults back deep inside the beautiful warm coat - it makes sooo much sense. These are photos of Naja Jane with her friend.

Here she is again - so comfy and cozy!

The schools in Iqaluit look very different from the ones we see in Southern Ontario - this school is the elementary school right in downtown Iqaluit - note that it does NOT have any windows...

This Middle School is different again from the Elementary one - very colourful and pretty looking...its sits atop a hill overlooking Frobisher Bay.

When we played our afternoon show under "The Big Top" - this was our backdrop on stage - they are sunglasses that the locals wear in the winter because the sun and snow are sooooo bright! It keeps them protected!

After our Big Top show we met up with one of the breakdancers from the Circus Show the night before! They are going to be coming to Igloolik too!

Here we are doing the bunny hop at the lookout overlooking the raging river at the end of Iqaluit lane. This place is FULL of surprises.

Assunai (Goodbye in Inuktitut) - see you tomorrow!