Here’s a chilly little bunting from this past October in Cambridge Bay. I loved watched the buntings at the feeder. This one was taking a break in the sun.

Walking around Cambridge Bay in October at sunset suddenly everything turns pink over Mt. Pelly.

This year’s crop of frost flowers in Cambridge Bay: They don’t last long, popping out of the ice only when freeze-up takes place quickly. There are certain places I always check for frost flowers and I wasn’t disappointed this year.

I really wanted these kamiks for sale in Cambridge Bay but I didn’t have $450 (and I already have a similar, if not so beautiful pair.)

This May in Iqaluit I felt like there were just too many snowy days. Here’s how it looked from inside.

I had never noticed until this June that as the snow finally melts, under every parked vehicle that didn’t move all winter you see a layer of hard snow long which lasts after the snow everywhere else goes. Makes sense!

This display of traditional clothing in the foyer of the Nunavut legislature looked like fine arts gallery to me.

Wow what an evening at the Kitikmeot Inuit Association feast in October where Julia Ogina (right) performed with another dancer (left, but I didn’t get his name.) The dance can’t really be captured in a photo but you can find a video on my Twitter feed at @sikugirl: https://twitter.com/sikugirl/status/1053123054560133120

This was my view from my lake home over to the island in Quebec in November when I got to see the pink freeze-up phenomenon all over again.

My frequent avian visitor in Quebec: a splashy pileated woodpecker.