Each Thursday I have the privelege of travelling to Chief Paul Niditchie School in Tsiigehtchic (Gwitchen for Arctic Red River; it was named after a bloody battle many years ago. The community has less than 100 people and is located about 60 km north of Ft. McPherson along the Dempster Highway. Vehicles need to board a ferry to get there. The ferry is scheduled to be pulled from the river on October 25th and it will take approximately 5 - 6 weeks for the ice road to open.
The school itself has 21 students and 3 teachers; an excellent student-teacher ratio.
These pictures are from the last time I travelled there 2 days ago. The top two pictures were taken around 9am at the crack of dawn so the days have severely shortened already. Although it's difficult to see, there's a thin layer of ice on the lakes. During the last visit some 1st nations people (Dog Rib) from Ray Edzo, NT were visiting the school to share their customs and tradition, more specifically drumming.
Those are some nice shots. The north is beautiful in a chilly kind of way. And you got a shot of the Suburban - you should get some off road shots ploughing through the muddy slush. When does the sun set right now? How cold is it?
ReplyDeleteHey Jeff,
ReplyDeleteEverything's frozen now but the mud should reappear in June. Today it was quite dark at 4:30 pm and it was about -20. The wind has be howlin all day so the wind chill made it closer to -30.