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Newfoundland Icebergs
It was a suspiciously good iceberg season around Newfoundland this spring. Here's a shot of a conveniently placed berg just outside the narrows from earlier in June.Photo Credits: Tim Rast
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Wooly Lousewort
Wooly lousewort. One of the first splashes of colour on the tundra in the spring. These monsters tower over the willow in a lot of places.Photo Credit: Tim Rast
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2AM on the Tundra
Two in the morning is the time when the sun is at its lowest on the horizon and the shadows are the longest. The birds have gone to nest and the air is very still. For us, it's an hour after lunch and...
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Dorset Palaeoeskimo Shaman's Mask is Sad
Back in May, when I visited the Canadian Museum of History, I had the privilege to view a pair of life size wooden Dorset shaman's masks from Button Point on Bylot Island, off the north end of Baffin...
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Lapland Longspur
Beautiful plumageLapland Larkspurs are chirpy little sparrow sized birds that nest throughout Baffin Island. We have a few that keep us company throughout the day and part of the night. They go to...
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Archaeology at Stock Cove
Coming up next Wednesday evening, July 9th, Don Holly and Chris Wolff will be talking about their ongoing research at Stock Cove. The talk takes place in Sunnyside, Newfoundland and Labrador at 7 PM....
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Dorset Palaeoeskimo Shaman's Mask is Angry
This is the second of two complete wooden masks found at the Button Point site on Bylot Island, Nunavut. This one looks much more angry or aggressive than the other. You can see pegs on the upper lip...
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A section of arrowshaft
Occasionally, the freeze drying conditions of the arctic will act to preserve organic materials that are rarely preserved. This 24.5 cm long section of wood was found preserved in a frost crack under...
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Newfoundland Icebergs off Cape Spear
I think the bit on the right looks like a mammoth with mountain goat horns.Photo Credit: Tim Rast
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Ground Slate Lance Head
A chipped and ground slate lance head in situ. Probably a few hundred years old, with drilled holes. It was found along a river 15 km inland and was most likely used for caribou hunting....and with a...
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Snow Geese
The site we are working on now is between two rivers and we are surrounded by pairs of snow geese. The parents are molting and the babies can't fly so they spend the days walking up and down the river...
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Little Cornwallis Island, NWT 1994
Not long after arriving in the field a few weeks ago, I received a surprise e-mail with a motion blurred photo of me attempting to juggle (right). The picture was taken in 1994 on Little Cornwallis...
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Lemming
Lemming populations go through a boom and bust cycle. We saw lots of them in 2011, but numbers were low over the past couple of summers. It looks like they are experiencing a boom again. That...
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Arctic Badlands
The Canadian Arctic has many faces. One of the rivers that we fly along to get to work has a short section of eroding sandstone, creating a few hundred metres of eroding cliffs and boulders that...
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