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Getting outdoors, northern style
U of M northern environment students went on a field trip to Lyncrest Airport on Feb. 1, taking part in a variety of different winter activities and reflecting on how land-use managers might accommodate different uses of the land in winter. Activities included building and sleeping in traditional Inuit-style igloos, skijoring and kick sledding with Snow Motion, working with a trapper to skin a beaver, Inuit games, along with search-and-rescue signalling exercises.
U of M northern environment students went on a field trip to Lyncrest Airport on Feb. 1, taking part in a variety of different winter activities and reflecting on how land-use managers might accommodate different uses of the land in winter. Activities included building and sleeping in traditional Inuit-style igloos, skijoring and kick sledding with Snow Motion, working with a trapper to skin a beaver, Inuit games, along with search-and-rescue signalling exercises.
Susie Strachan
Snow Motion member Sarah Semmler and her dog Max take a student kick sledding.Susie Strachan
Lorne Volk and his dog Sonsie demonstrate skijoring.Susie Strachan
Brett Murray saws blocks of snow for making igloos.Susie Strachan
Northern Environments class students building an igloo.Susie Strachan
Professor Jill Oakes sawing blocks of snow during the igloo building exercise.Sou'wester
Connor Faulkner cooking a meal made with caribou, onions and mushrooms.Supplied
A northern environment student with some of the furs brought in by a trapper to the event.Supplied
Northern Environment students playing an Inuit game.