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GARDEN DIRT It is hoped that this column will be appearing on a fairly regular basis and that it will be of some interest and help to amateur green thumbs. The local Horticultural Society is going to make available various pamphlets compiled by experts fo be used as the principle source of information in preparing this column. As a start = did you know that the Wax Begonia (last spring's premium to Horticultural Society mem- bers) also makes an easily grown house-plant? The plant can be potted-up and brought indoors to a fairly sunny location, or cuttings can be taken and will root in a glass of water in only a few weeks If the whole plant is brought in it may tend to grow tall and spindly but this can be corrected by cut- ting it back . The resultant plant will be bushy and thus have many more blooms. ' Wax Begonias prefer a well-drained fairly dry soil . : STUDENTS ~ cont'd from page 9 .... Northern College, South Porcupine. Any students who have been inadvertantly iri-sed, moy coll the News Office or M. Lundberg. YOUNG VOYAGEUR FROM T.B.H.S. VISITS i AND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN By Jacqueline Turner Canada's Arctic is larger than half the Conti- nent of United States and this summer | had the op~ portunity to see and be a part of this vastness. | was chosen to represent Terrace Bay High School in the Young Voyageur program being sent to Inuvik (Northwest Territories) sixty miles south of the Artic Ocean. Purpose of the program was to meet and learn the ways of the people located in this isolated district. The only way out of Inuvik is by boat down, the MacKenzie River or by plane from Inuvik's small International Airport. That was were we were received - twenty-two of us. We had been travelling by plane from the Thunder Bay Airport to Edmonton and up to Inuvic since one a.m'. to approximately seven p.m.. When | first arrived in Inuvik | expected to see may Eskimos and few trees. But | soon found out that Inuvik is populated with just as many, if not more whites as natives. Cont'd hext column .... TERRACE BAY NEWS . QUEEN ELIZABETH Every home we were billeted in wes modern inside and was owned by e family sent up there to work for the government. Invik .lies within the morthern most regions of the treeline and therefore has quite a few fir trees. These trees may be plentiful but they are very small and have few branches and needles. This is because the soi] is frozen just beneath the surface to a probable depth of a thousand feet. This i tpermafrost! is the reason that ell buildings must be built: on stilts up off the ground. During our time there we lived the way that people there. must live. To me it seemed quite ordinary and very much like our -own life. We toured the town end found out that in the lower section of town (West end) there was no sewage or ; drainage system for residents there. Also, some houses were just shacks and this district seemed to be occupied by the Eskimos. Generally speeking the natives end whites appear segregated but this wasn't alweys the case. The third day there, the Oueen and her Royal femily ar- rived. The Queen and Princess Anne walked by the crowds talking with as many people as they could. They spoke' $o mey of the voyageurs snd asked us all about our trip ete. The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales arrived later on but due to rainy weether, it was hard to see them. 'The next day e display of Northern Games wes performed by young Eskimos for the Royal femily. It consisted of a number of various skills; one wag 'to jump up and kick a stick with one foot and land on that same foot. Each time the stiek vas raised to a higher level until all were eliminated but one. - : On the fifth day we loaded up on small bosts (Approxi- metely 6 on each) and travelled the MaoKenzie River £000 Reindeer Station, We passed the tree line and on ane side of the River it wes flat snd barren while on the opposite gide there was the Richardson Mountains. When we atopped a Reindeer we climbed one of the gigantic hills and followed s path where we found quite & number of antlers from herds killed the year before. On the second last day we went to Tuktoyaktuk located oO the Artic coast and this was the most exciting part of the whole trip (besides the Royal Tour.) Up there it was quite cold and windy. The water seemed to bs all around because of the many inlets and bays. We discovered that two white whales had been shot that dey and we went around end talke to the Eskimos who were carving them up right at the water's edge. They let us cut up the jaw and take the test To the Eskimos, this was the beginning of e feast and a ti for all friends to -get together and help with the meat. While leaving Tuk we could see from the plane the wolcano=- 1ike structures thet we hed gone down into (Pingo). They sre mounds of permafrost - Continued on page 15 .....