Our little hamlet has seen quite a flurry of activity lately that will culminate with some big events this weekend. It all started about two weeks ago when Ralph Fiennes came to town. Jennifer met him while walking Kuniq and played it cool. We understood him to be rather shy so she didn’t want to invade his privacy. Then we had a couple of pilots stop by who are trying to be the first to fly around the worldvia the south and north poles. They are doing it in a helicopter and should finish in Texas very soon. Just as the helicopter was leaving us, the Nunavut Quest dog team race started. It finished a few days ago in Repulse Bay and the only female entrant came in first. She wins $10 000. Hopefully her experience will encourage more women to enter in future races. She was the first female to participate in the ten years of the race, and she’s only 19! Now Igloolik will play host to the big finale for Global Warming 101. This has been a four month long, 1 900 kilometer dog-sled expedition organized and led by explorer Will Steger. They are trying to draw more attention to global climate change and specifically how it will affect this brutal yet fragile land.
The expedition includes 3 Iglulingmiut (local Inuit men) who will be very happy to be home with their families after four long months. However, first we need a media and publicity spotlight for the big finish. The teams will arrive around lunch time on Friday. School will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m. so we can go down to the ice to greet them. One of the arriving members will be Richard Branson (british ‘Virgin’ billionaire), whom none of the kids had heard of. His presence has already started to bring in the media and a film crew. Friday afternoon will consist of a concert by Jewel (remember her: who will save your soul?). Personally, I would be a bit more excited if it were a White Stripes show. Events will finish with a community feast on Saturday. All of these ‘celebrities’ and necessary entourage have resulted in the 20 hotel rooms being double and triple booked. So we’ll be putting up a couple of people at our house. I’ll let you know if it turns out to be either Branson and/or Jewel.
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