Inspired by family members who loved working in the Canadian Arctic, I jumped at the chance to visit the tiny hamlet of Cape Dorset, Nunavut when the opportunity arrived in late spring (May 2014). My trip wouldn’t allow time for me to paint (I am a visual artist who paints realism oil paintings Portraits & Polar Bears www.ChristineMontague.com), but there was endless opportunity for me to use my new camera, the very small, very light, but full frame Sony A7r with a 35mm Zeiss lens. Except for my iPhone 5s camera (my backup), this was also my first camera to have a panoramic feature. It was tempting to make every photo a panoramic one, such was the breadth of the landscape before me.
Sunset at hamlet’s edge. Panoramic view outside Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Photograph: www.ChristineMontague.com
RCMP memorial overlooks Cape Dorset and Tellik Inlet. Photograph: www.ChristineMontague.com
Water Tanks at night in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. . Photo copyright Christine Montague 2014
Aqiaalutuk Park (My apologizes for the incorrect spelling, if you can let me know, thanks!) . This is the Cape Dorset playground – a long, long walk out-of-town. However, it is the perfect when the family can fish while the children play. Someone must always be on the look out for polar bears. The children with us were anxious a polar bear might appear (I was wishing!), so to ready our escape, we kept the truck’s doors open. Puts racoons in perspective, don’t you think? Photo: Christine Montague
The second trip out to Aqiaalutuk Park (spelling, anyone?) the water had opened up. Sunset has begun. My shadow in the foreground. Photo: www.ChristineMontague.com
This is what the sunset over Cape Dorset looks like at about 10 pm, end of May. It didn’t get much darker, even though the official sunset wasn’t until about 2 am. (Sunrise? about 4 am.) Most of the hamlet is to the right of the photo. Copyright Christine Montague 2014
Cape Dorset RCMP Division to the right. Tellik Inlet before you. Photograph: Christine Montague 2014
The Cape Dorset gazebos (left of centre) overlooks Tellik Inlet, Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. Photograph: Christine Montague 2014 www.ChristineMontague.com
World renowned Kinngait Art Studios, from Dorset Suites, Cape Dorset (capital of Inuit Art). Nunavut, Canada. Photograph: Christine Montague 2014 www.ChristineMontague.com
School day in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. Photo copyright Christine Montague 2014 www.christinemontague.com
To read more about Iqaluit Public Art (Nunavut’s capital) and Cape Dorset, please visit Brush with Nunavut Beauty Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Canvas and Camera 