Life in the Knife » frame lake http://lifeintheknife.com My personal account of my life adventures in the North! Featuring photos, videos accompanied by commentary and stories about my experiences, my observations, my point of view, and general life in the North stuff. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:07:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Caribou Carnival 2010: The Final Day http://lifeintheknife.com/caribou-carnival-2010-the-final-day/ http://lifeintheknife.com/caribou-carnival-2010-the-final-day/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:25:34 +0000 Shane http://lifeintheknife.com/?p=2122 (March 21, 2010) – Today was the last day of the annual Caribou Carnival in Yellowknife. Therefore, after a big brunch at the Explorer Hotel with the family we headed down to Frame Lake to attend the last Dog Sled race. The dogs were very excited [...]

]]> http://lifeintheknife.com/caribou-carnival-2010-the-final-day/feed/ 0 The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife http://lifeintheknife.com/the-prince-of-wales-northern-heritage-centre-in-yellowknife/ http://lifeintheknife.com/the-prince-of-wales-northern-heritage-centre-in-yellowknife/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:57:15 +0000 Shane http://lifeintheknife.com/?p=2019 If you are hungry for the history of the Northwest Territories then look no further than the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) in Yellowknife. Located on the edge of beautiful Frame Lake, the PWNHC offers one of the best places to discover past and present cultural objects, [...]

]]> http://lifeintheknife.com/the-prince-of-wales-northern-heritage-centre-in-yellowknife/feed/ 1 Winter is Official in Yellowknife http://lifeintheknife.com/winter-is-official-in-yellowknife/ http://lifeintheknife.com/winter-is-official-in-yellowknife/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:05:39 +0000 Shane http://lifeintheknife.com/?p=1776 According to the calendar the first day of winter is actually December 21 this year. However, the calendar was not made in northern Canada. Thus, by northern standards, it is (officially) winter in Yellowknife as gloves, toques, scarf’s and winter jacket’s are becoming the fashionable norm once again. And it [...]

]]> http://lifeintheknife.com/winter-is-official-in-yellowknife/feed/ 0 An October Sunset Over Frame Lake in Yellowknife http://lifeintheknife.com/an-october-sunset-over-frame-lake-in-yellowknife/ http://lifeintheknife.com/an-october-sunset-over-frame-lake-in-yellowknife/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:37:40 +0000 Shane http://lifeintheknife.com/?p=1768 On my way to the Yellowknife City Hall I encountered a beautiful October sunset over Frame Lake. The pictures below capture some of that visual experience. In two months from now Yellowknifer’s will be seeing a lot more sunset’s like this one during the middle of the day as the days [...]

]]> http://lifeintheknife.com/an-october-sunset-over-frame-lake-in-yellowknife/feed/ 3 Aurora Borealis in Yellowknife, April 12, 2008 http://lifeintheknife.com/aurora-borealis-in-yellowknife-april-12-2008/ http://lifeintheknife.com/aurora-borealis-in-yellowknife-april-12-2008/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:21:40 +0000 Shane http://lifeintheknife.com/?p=56 Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife

My first decent set of photos of the Aurora Borealis in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. I was using a Sony DSC-H9 with a 15 second shutter speed. The temperature was -35 degrees and the windchill was approximately -47 degrees. Luckily I had a Canada Goose Parka while camped out on Frame [...]

]]> http://lifeintheknife.com/aurora-borealis-in-yellowknife-april-12-2008/feed/ 0 Discovering Frame Lake in February http://lifeintheknife.com/discovering-frame-lake-in-february/ http://lifeintheknife.com/discovering-frame-lake-in-february/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:56:14 +0000 Shane http://lifeintheknife.com/?p=168 Clear skies and sub-arctic freezing winds will not stop my curiousity! It has been 44 days since we relocated to the icy capital of the Northwest Territories (aka. Yellowknife) and my obsession for discovering anything and everything arctic (and cold) has been motivating me to go outside yet again – despite [...]

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