Your North: Best reader photos for the week of June 19
With the summer solstice in our rearview, your best photos from across the territories show off the beauty of the North: from its wildlife, to its people. Here are your best shots of the week from Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
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With the summer solstice in our rearview, your best photos from across the territories show off the beauty of the North: from its wildlife, to its people.
Here are your best shots of the week from Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut:
Out for a midnight dip? Inuvik, N.W.T.'s Jacob Peffer spotted this lynx taking a dip while out for a twilight boat ride in the Mackenzie Delta. (submitted by Jacob Peffer)
A polar bear with a thousand yard stare: Natalie Gillis snapped this shot near the ice floe edge in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. (submitted by Natalie Gillis)
Those Northern nights: Minnie Clark snapped this fisherman in action in Teslin, Yukon. (submitted by Minnie Clark)
One proud little fisherman! Hannah van der Wielen sent us this shot of her 6-year-old son, Oak, proudly holding up his first Great Bear Lake Trout, in Deline, N.W.T. That's his friend, Jaylyn Gaudet, on the left, and brother Colt on the right. (submitted by Hannah van der Wielen)
Like father, like son: Janelle Taylor sent us this photo of 3-year-old Drew Sather learning to pluck a goose from his father, Jeffery Sather, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut during the Father's Day weekend. (submitted by Janelle Taylor)
Annoyed by the 'mooserazzi', this young bull moose is on his way to the local C.O.'s office to complain about the pesky photographer - the Yukon's Adam Skrutkowski. (submitted by Adam Skrutkowski)
Nothing like hanging out with our furry friends. Miriam Cook sent us this shot from Lake Lebarge, Yukon. (submitted by Miriam Cook)
When you're on a late night shift in the north, why not play a game of baseball with the kids? Wakta Joanasie sent us this photo from Cape Dorset, where the local RCMP took a break to take part in a game. (submitted by Wakta Joanasie)
A proud graduating class. Last week, the community of Lutsel K'e, N.W.T. celebrated its third grad class. Ethan Catholique, Nathan Lockhart, and Curtis Lockhart graduated from Lutsel K'e Dene School on Friday evening. (submitted by Sarah Pruys)
