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     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
Ärende: whales  was: Don
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-=> Quoting Jim Weller to Carol Shenkenberger on 08-30-12  23:29 <=-

 JW> Roslind has been up north in Kugluktuk two more times, a week each,
 JW> recently. Just before and after our B.C. road trip. I think I
 JW> mentioned to the group that she went swimming in the Arctic Ocean
 JW> (in a warm shallow bay) on June 21, the solstice, at midnight, in
 JW> bright sunlight. Well in July there were still icebergs in the

I remember that.

 JW> harbour and she went water skipping with a tiny little 70 year old
 JW> Inuit lady. Water skipping is when you race a snowmobile at high
 JW> speed and hit the open water. You won't sink as long as you are going
 JW> fast enough. They went from the shore to the nearest iceberg with
 JW> over 200 feet of open water in between. On the august trip she got

You might have mentioned that also...?  Not sure I'd want to try that
one, but then I'm not much for adrenaline producing activities anyway...

 JW> to see whales and polar bears. A narwhal swam right into the
 JW> harbour, which was interpreted as a gift from the whale goddess, so
 JW> everyone stopped work and got in their boats for the hunt, which
 JW> only lasted about 20 minutes until it was subdued and beached. All
 JW> Roslind's appointments got cancelled that day, so she went down to
 JW> the beach to watch. 

When in Rome... (or Kugluktuk, that is...)

 JW> She didn't partake of any blubber that night though, although she
 JW> had plenty of offers... fresh, salted or boiled.

Had you been there, you'd probably've had some.  I wouldn't mind at
least a small taste of each... dunno how much after that I'd have, but I
don't mind having some fat...  :)

 JW> ... I'm bored with small fish; the time has come to harpoon a whale.

Small fish like salmon...?  [G] 

ttyl          neb

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