Posts Tagged ‘Grise Fjord’
Voyaging through history in the Northwest Passage
Looking back at our 2016 voyage Into the Northwest Passage, I find myself driven to juggling dates. Why? Well, because I love this image (left) of Dundas Harbour, which Sheena shot on Day Nine, and I think it deserves pride of place! DAY NINE — Dundas Harbour Under grey skies, we landed zodiacs on the…
Read MoreArt show brings Northwest Passage to the Centre of the Universe
This is GRISE FJORD, one of the paintings that will turn up in MOUNTAINS AND ICEBERGS, Sheena’s forthcoming solo exhibition at Art Square Gallery in Toronto. Sheena did a lot of new works this year, drawing on voyages in the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada. Situated on Ellesmere Island, Grise Fjord (home to about 130 people)…
Read MoreVoyagers beat north along the American Route to the Pole
DAY NINE: Grise Fjord Sept. 13 A larger-than-life monument at Grise Fjord, carved out of stone, depicts two Inuit: an adult female and a child. These figures face towards Resolute Bay, where a companion statue of a male Inuk gazes back at this memorial. Together, the two monuments speak to the separation of families that…
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