Life in the Knife » January

VIDEO: Kitesurfing in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake

Shane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:56:10 +0000

Check out the video above of Kitesurfing (aka. kiteboarding) in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake. This day of kitesurfing was captured on April 9, 2009 using a Sony DSC-H9 Camera with Full HD capabilities. It was a cloudy but perfect day with great conditions for kitesurfing too. The [...]

Kitesurfing at -36 Degrees Celsius in Yellowknife

Shane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:52:35 +0000

In Yellowknife, the winters are long. And sometimes they are a lot longer than others, which requires Yellowknifer’s to get a little creative with what they do to stay in shape and to distract themselves from the cold isolation. This has naturally resulted in some interesting [...]

Dog Walking in Yellowknife (via the Ice Road)

Shane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:33:33 +0000

Have a dog? Do you need to walk it? Is it really really cold outside? Well look no further than the ICE ROAD between Yellowknife and Dettah! These Yellowknife folks have found a novel and easy way to walk their dogs at -36 degrees Celsius. And the dogs [...]

A Moon Dog Over Yellowknife

Shane — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:58:17 +0000

Here is a photo of a Moon Dog over Yellowknife I had taken on New Years Eve. According to the Wikipedia.org website a moon dog “is a relatively rare bright circular spot on a lunar halo caused by the refraction of moonlight [...]