Recently, Aarluk Researcher Geoff "Big Rig" Rigby had a brief summer break, which included a trip to Clear Lake (15 minutes outside of Peterborough) for his grandfather's 80th birthday. Geoff's grandfather has taken up stone carving as a hobby over the past few years, so he was almost as excited to receive his present as he was to see Geoff! On a recent trip to Sanikiluaq with Aarluk General Manager Jimmy Jacquard to help facilitate a strategic planning session for the Nunavut Impact Review Board, Geoff stopped in at the local Co-Op store and found a back room full of carvings. Many of these carvings were exceptional, but one stood in particular - a hunter with a spear, complete with rope and an avataq (sealskin float), pictured below:
After receiving the carving, Geoff's grandfather made sure that everyone who came to the festivities held it and took a look at it, so Geoff was happy he was able to successfully find something special for a special occasion. It's often not easy to shop for others, and since Geoff enjoys shopping about as much as being stuck in an elevator, it was a win-win situation!
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