North Your North: Best reader photos for the week of May 22 Coming off the Victoria Day long weekend, readers submitted some amazing shots of wildlife, sunsets and the beauty of the North. Here are the top user-submitted photos of the week.
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Joey Atagootak, 9, is really excited to be at the floe edge near Pond Inlet, Nunavut, for the first time. It's a trip he didn't want to miss. (Submitted by Belinda Atagootak) Coming off the Victoria Day long weekend, readers submitted some amazing shots of wildlife, sunsets and the beauty of the North.
Here are the top user-submitted photos of the week.
The nights are getting shorter; Maverick Kenny Betsina took this gorgeous photo at midnight from Ndilo, N.W.T., near Yellowknife. (Submitted by Maverick Kenny Betsina ) Jim Hawkings shared this picture and asked, 'When is a red squirrel not a red squirrel?' This squirrel may be finding it a bit hard to blend in now that the snow near his home in Yukon has melted. (Submitted by Jim Hawkings ) Congratulations to Janine Manning of Cape Dorset, Nunavut, on catching her first fish! She caught it this past long weekend. Thanks to Susie Ashevak for sharing the photo. (Submitted by Susie Ashevak) Miriam Cook shared this photo after visiting her parents near Lake Laberge, Yukon. 'They have no pets and have earned the trust of many chipmunks and chickadees. This little guy was taking a drink right next to me while I was lounging in the gravity chair.' (Submitted by Miriam Cook) After a small thunderstorm in Yellowknife, Frame Lake looked like a mirror, reflecting back white clouds and blue sky. (Submitted by John Williams) Someone's hungry! Rob Osborne says he's lucky he had his camera out when he snapped this photo of a raven coming home to feed a hungry chick. (Submitted by Rob Osborne) Ready for some fishing? Fred Ross sent us this great shot from 8 Mile, south of Fort McPherson, N.W.T. (Submitted by Fred Ross ) On the way! Sandy K. Etok says it's always fun seeing the geese over Inukjuak, Que., heading north. (Submitted by Sandy K. Etok) Chantal Gruben took a photo of this gorgeous sky while on a late-night trip along the coastline near Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. (Submitted by Chantal Gruben)