Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

VOL. )O(V I{o. 4 TTIE ARTCTIC CIRCUIARL02The real challenge was ttre quest for the polar bear, a creaturepcnerful enough to sruat a one hundred-por:nd dcg t\^EnQz feet i-::tothe air. Dogls c-ornered ttre prey alloring tlreir rnasters to dispatchit with spears or arrcr^rs. Occasionally soneone r,tould anctror theblunt end of his harpoon in ttre grrourd. !{hen ttre enraged betrenot}rcharged, it jrrpaled itself on the sharp end - a \rery acconmodatinggestr:re: Tfle Inuit vlelqred ttre rifle with enthr:siasm.These vigoror:s graphic and sculptr:ral portrayals of histcric hr:ntingnetlpds harre in tlreir fumgery tlre strengttr and conviction tiat conesfrom personal e>per:iene and ]aror^iledge of Llre iJrportance of hr:ntingin the daily life of tlre Inuit.ARCTIC TT?'IPS L978Canadian Natr:re Tours have annor:nced for:r trips to ttre Canadian Arcticfor L978. Ttrere are:Vilestem Arctic July 3-L2Scrnerset IsLand August 1-8 (approx)Cost: $1000 frqn ResolutePolar Bear Park Ar:gr:st 1-10 Cost: $725 frcnr MoosoneeBaffin Island August 4-13Cost = $925 frcm Yellcnvlc'rj-feCost: $1050 frcm lWcntrealFor conpleterl details concerning tlrese trips r,vrite to: Canadian Natr:reTburs, L262 Don lr4i11s Road, Don }aills, ontario, canada M3B N7.(Telephone: (416) 444-84L9) .NOR.THERN POST OFT'IGSCanada Post is looking for photographs of nortJrern post offices. Fillrenpreparing tlreir L978 calendar over 10 r 0O0 colour tralsparancies inthe Canada Post pho@raph collection \,\,ere searched - tono avai1. fnfact, only one suitable pictrrre was for:nd, and that by an outside source.The pictr:re opposite ttre npnttr of lilcvember depicts ttre post Office inIthale Cove r orr Hudson Bay.Canada Post is anxior:s to obtain pictr-rres of northern post Offices forfutr-rre use - Any nenber of TLre Arctic Circle having such pictr:res, orkncwing a source for them is reguested to contact: lub. G.R. nradif,fnformation Officer' Public Affiirs, Canada Post, Confederation Heights,sir Alexander canpbell Buird.ing, ottawa, ontario KIA 0B1