Collection search - I spent many hours riding qamuti (sleds). Hanging on and contending with the biting wind chill is relentlessly challenging. With every turn, I adjust my caribou parka hood, and with it in the wind's angle of attack against my face. When I feel solid spots-frozen flesh-I hold my mittens against my cheeks, but then there is a gap between my mitts and my parka, where searing wind bites a thin frozen ring around my wrist
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Record information – Brief I spent many hours riding qamuti (sleds). Hanging on and contending with the biting wind chill is relentlessly challenging. With every turn, I adjust my caribou parka hood, and with it in the wind's angle of attack against my face. When I feel solid spots-frozen flesh-I hold my mittens against my cheeks, but then there is a gap between my mitts and my parka, where searing wind bites a thin frozen ring around my wrist
Hierarchical level:ItemDate:1977.Reference:R12446-6-5-E, Volume number: 1Item no. (creator):62Type of material:PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3804976Context of this record: -
Record information – Details Date(s):1977.Place:Nunavut:Place of creation:NunavutExtent:1 photograph : col. giclée print ; 27.5 x 35 cm.
Positive - paper - colourLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Additional name(s):Subject heading:Source:Private -
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