The southern point demarking the mouth of Victor Bay is a spit of land called Nuvua. A few years back a family built a cabin there, one that they spend most weekends. This year an iceroad was pushed out to the point, and so their visitors have increased exponentially. We were amongst those visitors this weekend, driving the 10 or so kilometres over the frozen ocean.
The road goes from Victor Bay and skirts the southern shore. The mountains on this side tower 1300 feet above, but the elevation gradually slopes down to the point. This is some of cliffs, look closely and you can see an inuksuk silhouetted against the sky.
Once there the kids romped about outside, but not too far from the cabin as this is polar bear country, while we had a short visit. It was there that I learned that the Ravens occupying a nest back in Victor Bay were already incubating two eggs, the evidence captured on my friends camera.
I slipped out of the cabin early, to take a few photos, then we headed back to town to get the Sunday roast in the oven.
Looking back towards Arctic Bay, which lies on the other side of those far hills at the base of Victor Bay.
The cabin. Far in the background you can see the cliffs lining the other side of Admiralty Inlet.
Looking across Victor Bay to Taliruarjuk (Graveyard Point). Beyond it is Strathcona Sound.
Another view of Taliruarjuk.
On the way back we stopped to check out the Raven's nest. I didn't get close enough to see the eggs as the Ravens came off the nest before we'd even got out of the truck. At -20 something I didn't want them off the eggs for very long, so I snapped a photo and left.
In the photo I saw they appeared to be a gorgeous egg, a speckled blue, almost round egg. Of course that was on the LCD on the back of a camera, but given the temperatures I don't think I'll go back out to see for myself.
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