August 19
After breakfast, Leese from Parks Canada gave an entertaining talk on the Nunavut Park system, many of the parks are the largest in Canada. We are now in Auyuittuq
National Park, ‘the land that never melts’. She mentioned ecological and safety rules for hiking, skiing, and visiting the park. Also that the Inuit respect wildlife to save it for future generations. Later she showed a video about polar bear safety… do not run away, stand and face the bear!!! She mentioned that the polar bear quota for Iqaluit is 16 bears per year for a town of 7,000 people.
In the afternoon six zodiacs went out for a trip around the end of Coronation fjord
to see a large glacier of many colors, very interesting metamorphic red and brown rock formations, alluvial fans, and one small seal ... it was a fantastic sunny afternoon, and I am now going to the bar to make a drink with my glacial ice.
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