Faye and Maciek's Adventures in the frosty Canadian North
In a role reversal, Maciek has joined the Inuvik volunteer fire department, while I have my Wednesday nights free and don’t have to carry a pager around with me everywhere. Here are some photos from his recruit training*, back when there wasn’t snow on the ground.
*photos were taken by a real photographer, which is why they’re better than the photos I usually post here
In the next episode of “strange things Faye & Maciek get up to in the North”, the big wrestling championship match is happening on Saturday. Maciek has a fight lined up, and I’m the referee. We’ll keep you updated with how it goes, but in the meantime, here’s the lead-up videos that the guys made.
And the opening video:
We are now cut off by road from Southern Canada until the rivers are frozen enough for the Ice Crossings to open (on average a month from now). For the next month, we are a fly-in community (just like Tulita!). Grocery store prices will go up during this time.