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Travels on the Churchill River
Below Portage Chute, the Churchill River is lined with steep limestone cliffs for many kilometres. In late August, I had what could be called the trip of a lifetime: I was invited by colleagues at the...
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Playground for a Polar Bear’s Picnic
The Churchill part of the Hudson Bay Lowlands is replete with strange and obscure little corners. One of the strangest is this “playground that time forgot,” hidden away behind trees and boulders near...
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Number 82
Number 82 and the 1976 Custom Deluxe, visiting a quarry in the Churchill quartzite. Sometimes Good Things Come Back A few weeks ago we arrived in Churchill to carry out a field project, staying at the...
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Down the Road
Churchill, Manitoba: August 25th, 2015 A cobble hanging from a tripod forms a humorous ad hoc “wind gauge” near the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. Down the road there is always something new to...
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Up a Hazy River
Fieldwork in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, August 15, 2015 A grey, chilly morning at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre had us considering the weather. This was to be the last of our three “helicopter...
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What Geologists Share: Fieldwork and the Four Dimensions
If you visit this page occasionally, you will have noticed that I have posted very little since last spring. This interval correlates rather precisely with my term as President of the Geological...
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A Certain Logic
Churchill, Manitoba: August, 2015 The careful juxtaposition of the picnic table and sign must have required a very special sort of thinking. You are in danger if you walk in this area, but yes, it...
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A Return to Sloop Cove
Sloop Cove, Churchill, Manitoba: August, 2015 Some years ago, I wrote a post that included images of some of the 18th century graffiti at Sloop Cove, which is on the west shore of the Churchill River...
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