An Igloo in the Harbour.

Here is a list of the top five ways you can tell that you're in Sanikiluaq:

5) Snow dunes created by the ever-present wind. Just like sand dunes, only colder.

4) Icicles hanging from the side of the house tell you whether or not you got water delivery that day.

3) You get one student in your first period of Math class.

2) Your students address their younger cousins as "Grandmother". Naming after a cherished relative is a way to honour their memory, and if the relative was a granparent, you call them "Grandmother" or "Grandfather".

And the number one way to tell that you're alive and living in Sanikiluaq?

1) You go across the harbour ice to spend time in the igloo!

It was really cool, and I wish I had brought my camera. I'm glad that I have lost so much weight, as I was able to wiggle in through the tiny front opening to sit inside with my students. We then all signed our names into the outside wall, slid down the hill a few times, and then got hot dogs and hot chocolate at teh Northern to enjoy when we went back to class.

A lovely end to the week! Except that my voice has gone again, thanks to a cold passed on from my lovely granddaughter, Typhoid Mary! (Love you, Kayley, LOL!)

TTFN!