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of Kangirsuk organized a feast for everyone to enjoy, which was a nice and<br />
welcoming gesture. Then another blizzard was in the works. The race was<br />
put to a halt, spending a total of two nights in this community of approximately<br />
350. When the morning came for the Kangirsuk departure, it was<br />
quite the obstacle course crossing the jagged-ice frozen river. There were<br />
a few minor injuries to the team members and their dogs.<br />
Once they had reached and left Aupaluk, the second village on<br />
the itinerary, everything was a smooth sail. However, one of the support<br />
team members suffered a broken leg when he accidently hit a hard<br />
snow bank and another of the team partners needed to get stitches in<br />
his hand. That injury had happened while trying to untangle the traces<br />
connecting the sled to the dogs. Also there was an uninvited four-legged<br />
follower—a wolf. It got so close to one of the teams that the master<br />
of the team nearly pulled out his gun for protection. In the end, the wolf<br />
had distanced himself enough. The trek between Aupaluk and Tasiujaq<br />
MAKIVIK mag a zine<br />
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