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Proud of HKR 2545/3220 student performance yesterday. 3 degrees, wind to 60 km/h, & rain. We were out practicing their outdoor living & leadership skills & from the smiles-rocking it! Warm, dry, & comfortable in foul weather-that's adventurous learning at its finest! @memorialuniversity @memorialustudentsWe were driving home from teaching outside, looking forward to a hot dinner, and looked over at Long Pond. It was like glass and we both said, “Let’s go paddling.” The pond was three feet higher than yesterday and we shared its glassy surface with muskrats, ducks, and ducklings. A truly peaceful end to a lovely albeit cold and rainy day out. The sun may have even peaked out for a minute or two.When a big view makes you feel small on the outside and big on the inside.The barachois in Freshwater Bay always captures my attention (and provides an invite to pause and look) while on a hike on the @eastcoasttrail #hikenlFor camera club tonight, I needed to find some images to submit...knowing that summits are happening on Everest right now-I dropped back 13 years and found some pics from that expedition to share. Interesting to revisit and see what the ability to process the images can do and bring forth some images I haven't shared much before (note-the first one is one I use sometimes in presentations but the others are newly shared. Enjoy and to the summit and safe return for all seekers of and workers in support of high places.Visited my favourite brook tonight on a scouting hike and made a deposit into my “blue mind” account-water is a powerful energy for the mind and soul.TA’s Facebook Page
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Category Archives: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Making the List: 90 Great Canadian Explorers
I am humbled once again to be recognized by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society by my inclusion in their 90 Greatest Canadian Explorers List. Of course, whenever a list is made, many noteworthy, awesome, & deserving folks are left off … Continue reading
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2013 Scott Expedition Training in Greenland
This team was coming in as we were flying out of Greenland-they traced some of our route so you can see some tracks my team made…a lovely piece-be patient as it is HD but some of the footage is gorgeous-it … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #526 The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that…
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. –Norton Jester
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Tagged 2012, Greenland, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #517 Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down…
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. –Ray Bradbury
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Visual Soliloquy #514 Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever…
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. –Lance Armstrong
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Tagged 2012, Greenland, photography, Quotes, Travel
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MUN Today: HKR professor takes teachable moments to a whole new level
By Michelle Osmond (MUN Today May 31, 2012) “Imagine looking out at vistas of only white and blue with a horizon line that parts only these two colours and that you ski toward for days at a time.” This is … Continue reading
Greenland Redux Number Three: Delivering a Polar Bear
I delivered a polar bear this week. Albeit a relatively small one. Without much bite and with lots of soft fur to a Grade Four class at Bishop Abraham School in St. John’s. This group of explorers in training under … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, climb, Go for Greenland, School Curriculum, Seven Summits, train
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Visual Soliloquy #511 Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world…
Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world. ― Pema Chödrön
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Visual Soliloquy #510 As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion…
As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. ― Pema Chödrön
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Visual Soliloquy #509 Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity…
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our … Continue reading
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Greenland Redux Number Two: Climbing Gunnbjørn Fjeld
It’s hard to believe that two weeks have already passed from the day my team and I stood atop Greenland’s and the Arctic’s Highest Peak. “Real life” tends to welcome you home with a vengeance and all those tasks thoughtfully … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #505 Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals…
Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals. – Unknown
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Greenland Redux Number One
Imagine taking a step where no one has stood before. Once you have that sensation firmly planted in your being, imagine nearly 200 kilometers of skiing where no one had ever travelled before. Imagine looking out at vistas of only … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #503 It is easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top…
It is easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.–Henry Ward Beecher
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Visual Soliloquy #502 Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home…
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ― Anna Quindlen
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Visual Soliloquy #501 I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself…
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. -Maya Angelou
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Summitting Home
I arrived home this morning about 4:00 am after 15 hours of travel from Iceland. It’s great to see Marian and begin the transition to a more complicated life beyond the glacier. The daily routine will soon require much more … Continue reading
TA Spotted at Home
TA Latitude:47.57006 Longitude:-52.70166 GPS location Date/Time:05/17/2012 10:21:39 NDT Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7wF_r/47.57006N/52.70166W If the above link does not work, try this link:
Worldly Writing Wednesday May 16
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? The musk-oxen’s that roam Greenland use their sharp curved horns to help defend themselves and their families by getting into a circle and lowering their heads pointing their horns at their enemy … Continue reading
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TA Spotted in Iceland’s Capital
TA Latitude:64.13921 Longitude:-21.91977 GPS location Date/Time:05/15/2012 14:00:24 NDT Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7uxfP/64.13921N/21.91977W If the above link does not work, try this link:
Totally Artistic Tuesday May 15
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? The most northern point of Greenland is only 740 kilometers away from the north pole! Today’s Activity For the last Totally Artistic Tuesday, we have been learning about Greenland and following TA … Continue reading
TA Spotted in Iceland
TA Latitude:66.07523 Longitude:-23.12155 GPS location Date/Time:05/14/2012 21:47:38 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7uYPJ/66.07523N/23.12155W If the … Continue reading
Marvelous Map Monday May 14
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? The ice that covers Greenland is the second biggest connected mass of ice in the world and has a thickness of average 1,500 meters Today’s Activity For our last Marvelous Map Monday … Continue reading
Audio Post – Camp #23 Twin Otter Camp
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Tagged 2012, Go for Greenland, Post by Voice, School Curriculum
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TA Latitude:68.97508 Longitude:-29.72818 GPS location Date/Time:05/13/2012 12:42:23 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7tbxT/68.97508N/29.72818W If the … Continue reading
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Spectacular Sunday Mother’s Day May 13
Message from TA Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom and Mom’s everywhere…I wouldn’t be here without you! I hope to call you from the mountain today! Fun Fact of the Day If you go to Greenland you can see many … Continue reading
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Audio Post – Summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld!
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Tagged 2012, Go for Greenland, Post by Voice, School Curriculum
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TA Latitude:68.91853 Longitude:-29.89847 GPS location Date/Time:05/12/2012 12:29:00 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7sv6k/68.91853N/29.89847W If the … Continue reading
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Super Saturday May 12
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? All of Greenland’s cities are built along the coast because it is the only area in the country that is ice-free. Most of these cities are also along Greenland’s west coast because … Continue reading
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Audio Post – Advanced Base Camp Gunnbjørn Fjeld!
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Fabulous Physical Friday May 11
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? In Greenland, there are basically two ways of covering long distances – aircraft/helicopter and ship. There are no roads connecting its towns. Today’s Activity Stop Light Skiing In this activity when the … Continue reading
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Audio Post – Camp #20 Repost
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Audio Post – Camp #21 Gunnbjørn Fjeld Base Camp!
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TA Latitude:68.97957 Longitude:-29.73297 GPS location Date/Time:05/10/2012 14:15:11 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7rZAw/68.97957N/29.73297W If the … Continue reading
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Terrific Explorations Thursday May 10
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Greenland is one of the least inhabited areas of the world. There are only about 150 towns and villages in all of Greenland. Today’s Activity Explorers: Sarah and Eric McNair-Landry For our … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Go for Greenland, School Curriculum
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Where’s TA?
TA Latitude:69.04498 Longitude:-29.57816 GPS location Date/Time:05/09/2012 16:36:24 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7qxVR/69.04498N/29.57816W If the … Continue reading
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Worldly Writing Wednesday May 9
Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? The national dish of Greenland is boiled seal meat, along with rice and onions Today’s Activity There are so many ways you can be active throughout your daily life, from walking to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Go for Greenland, School Curriculum
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