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Hi,

I have lurked here off and on for some time hoping to see some traffic.

So, some possible conversation starters.....

I'm Jim Weller and I have lived in Yellowknife in the Northwest
territories for the last 22 years.

Weather? Incredibly mild for here with temps ranging from -2 C (28 F) to
-14 C, occasionally dipping to -20 C (-4 F). It's usually in the -30 to
-40 range in December. Although I like the mild temperatures personally,
they are not good for the region. We have 2 remote diamond mines, a gold
mine and 4 small Dene (Indian) villages who rely on ice roads for heavy
freight every winter as they have no all weather roads. If it doesn't
get real cold real soon there will be no winter road traffic and they
will have to bring everything in by air freight.... a financial
nightmare.

Tourism? We get as many visitors in winter as in summer these days as
the Japanese love Aurora watching. We'll probably have over 10,000
Japanese visitors this winter. They are already starting to arrive.

Food? I have a freezer stocked full of caribou, bison, whitefish, lake
trout, ptarmigan and smoked goose breasts. And thanks to friends from
further north, a little musk-ox and Arctic char as well. The pantry is
full of dried morels, blueberries, low bush cranberries (lignon
berries), bake apple jam, and wild rose hips. Anyone else here into game
cooking, wild food foraging or gathering/using herbs?



Cheers,

YK Jim

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