This photo was taken on our last day in Igloolik. It was a roller coaster of a trip for a variety of reasons, but this photo to me represents the certain and stable mission of the Chinook Project – service to northern dogs and their families. When the Chinook team…
There were many things about our time in Igloolik that were unforgettable for me and the day I met Mama was definitely one of them. A sled dog owner had dropped by to ask us if we could go out onto the land to vaccinate his team and have a look at one of his…
Being accepted as a member of the Chinook Team of 2017 was one of the most exciting things to happen to me this year. I was looking forward to eventually being able to say that I had practised veterinary medicine in the north, but something else made the acceptance even more special. When I was younger, my…
In reflecting on this trip, I have been able to appreciate that there were both so many incredible things and equally ample frustrations. While resiliency and rolling with the punches, so to speak, were two concepts that were very important on this trip, the overriding and most important aspects of the trip lie in the…
As our plane prepared to land in Iqaluit – our last stop on our way to Igloolik – my excitement was at an all–time high, and my nerves were pretty close to the same level – even though travel from Charlottetown to Iqaluit had been smooth and uneventful, as we would have hoped. It’s…
