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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

Between 2012-2014, I travelled regularly to Iqaluit, Nunavut to provide essential and often emergent dental surgery for children living on Baffin Island. We worked with a local GP anesthetist in Qikiqtani General Hospital in Iqaluit. Children from remote communities on Baffin Island were flown into Iqaluit for dental surgery. In 40+ years of working in the North, the oral health in this region is the worse I have ever seen. Access to care for children is virtually zero and wait lists are enormous.

This image is a 12 image pano taken behind and above the hospital (lower right) at the large cross which adorns the hillside. On this particular day the wind was howling and the temperature was hovering around -35 Celsius, WITHOUT WINDCHILL.

The airstrip, about 10,000 feet long, was built by the US military during WWII and is visible in the upper right of the image. Airbus did its cold weather testing for A380 in Iqaluit.

Added a second panorama from a week of ski touring at Sorcerer Lodge. The light is harsh but I would welcome comments on the image regardless.

Comments and criticism welcome.

Alan

Iqaluit from Cross Hill, February, 2014

Sorcerer Lodge, British Columbia

Edited on Feb 25, 2017 at 06:41 PM · View previous versions

Feb 25, 2017 at 02:46 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

Alan, thanks for doing what you do for those kids.

Quite the pano. My main nit is that all the snow is gray and it should be white.

Feb 25, 2017 at 03:20 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

Hi Jeffrey, thanks for having a look and commenting, Not sure what to say regarding the snow. On my calibrated monitor the snow appears white. But the rocks, and there are a lot of them, are covered by a dusting and appear gray. What am I missing?

Alan

Feb 25, 2017 at 06:19 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

Alan, I was referring to the first image only. I didn't see the second one first time here.

Feb 25, 2017 at 07:24 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

Ohhh...love the 2nd pano. The skiing must be fantastic. How cold was it when you were skiing?

Feb 25, 2017 at 07:30 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

Alan,
Great panos!
I find the second image a great composition. I really like the dynamics and the hikers are a great lead.
I would only clone out the little flare spots.
Best,
Fred

Feb 25, 2017 at 07:30 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Iqaluit, Nunavut

#2 would be my favorite also Alan

Feb 26, 2017 at 05:49 AM


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