Nunavut Nomads--Musk Ox

Cambridge Bay is a small, mostly Inuit village of around 1500 residents, and you could certainly tell we were well above the Arctic circle. Although there wasn`t a lot of snow, just a few inches covering the tundra, the wind was strong and biting. Everyone`s gear arrived safely, and our contact gal Mabel bundled us all off to the only hotel in town for the first night.

We met our guides, and I was paired with Jeff, a hunter from Ohio. My guide Mark seemed experienced, albeit quite short...we made an amusing pair, as I`m 6`4". Half the hunters chose to stay in the hotel and hunt from there every day, while Jeff and I planned on staying in a cabin out in the tundra somewhere, a daunting prospect. Our guides used 4-wheelers on our first day due to the lack of snow; we rode behind our guides, who each towed a sled for gear.