In a box of books that arrived today (courtesy the wonderful Indigo - Thank you) was a Winter 1959 edition of The Beaver, with an article about Arctic Bay written by Margery Hinds. Hinds was one of the earliest teachers up here, and the article contained several photos taken by her. Including this one...
Now I'm not sure, but I believe that this is a photo of a friend of mine, Lew Philip, who retired recently from the RCMP, and lives in Iqaluit. I just heard that he is in town, having snowmobiled up from Iqaluit. I'll have to try and track him down.
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