Update Page

Aug 20, 2006

  • Added photos from this year's Hong Kong Comics Fesitval and Game Fair.. lots of cosplay, booth girls, and of course, the Samsung Game Girls!

  • Aug 18, 2006
  • Added new set of Grise Fiord Photos
  • There will be a huge amount of photos from my summer vacation to Asia coming soon!

  • Oct 10, 2005
  • Added some photos from my summer trip to Europe. It's in the 'Other Photo Albums' area. Check it out!

  • June 25, 2005
  • Added pictures of Nanisivik, now in it's cleanup phase after being shut down two years ago. Soon this area will be a ghost town.

  • November 7, 2004
  • Just received yet *another* new camera, the Canon EOS 20D, after selling my Canon Digital Rebel. Definately a step up in terms of image quality and camera build quality. The Rebel in contrast felt like a toy compared to the 20D. The 20D is much lighter than the 1D MarkII, and after lugging the heavy Mark II all over Nunavut, the lower weight of the 20D will be a blessing. Will post some pictures from the 20D at some later point. But for now, enjoy my new Nunavut photos taken with the 1D Mark II of Iqaluit and Arctic Bay in their summer snow-less state and Hall Beach during the start of the fall freeze-up!

  • July 12, 2004
  • Just received a new camera, the Canon EOS-1D Mark II.. this $4500 (US) beauty is one heavy mofo hehe.. Check out the first set of pictures to come out of this amazing machine here

  • July 4, 2004
  • At last, an update!
  • Added pictures from Resolute Bay, Grise Fiord, Hall Beach, Iqaluit, and Arctic Bay, sans captions for now
  • All albums from now on will use the pBase page format.. eventually I will upgrade the older albums to this new format. The pBase format will allow easier navigation and a higher quality display of pictures..
  • Added a new section to the menu "Other Albums" will feature non-northern related pictures from various social functions and dental conventions.

  • April 3, 2004
  • Sorry for the lack of recent updates.. I promise to update the pictures in June after I return from a 5 week long trip to visit 5 communities in Nunavut! Look for many new pictures! I just recently bought a new digital camera (Canon 300D Digital Rebel) which will be used for taking pictures for this website!!

  • August 16, 2003
  • The web server suffered catastrophic failure in mid-July while I was out on a trip to the United States. The entire hard drive was lost and the entire website had to be restored from a previous backup. Today, the website is again at 100% functionality!

  • March 24, 2003
  • Added 4 new pages of pics from Arctic Bay, Nunavut
  • Added new index and descriptive page for Arctic Bay, Nunavut

  • March 21, 2003
  • Added 4 new pages of pics from Iqaluit, Nunavut
  • Added new index and descriptive page for Iqaluit, Nunavut

  • March 20, 2003
  • Added 4 new pages of pics from Hall Beach, Nunavut
  • Added new index and descriptive page for Hall Beach, Nunavut

  • February 23, 2003
  • Added some winter pictures from Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan

  • October 12, 2002
  • Added pics from my recent Churchill Manitoba trip
  • Modified the index page navigation interface for Churchill, Saskatchewan, Resolute, and Grise to reduce confusion

  • September 23, 2002
  • Added pics from Fort Resolution and Fort Simpson from my September '02 trip
  • Added some assorted pics from Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park

  • July 13, 2002
  • Added pics of Deschambault Lake, Pelican Narrows, and Southend, Saskatchewan. Look for pictures of the Lobb forest fire in the Pelican Narrows section.

  • May 20, 2002
  • Added pics of Uranium City and Stony Rapids (Northern Saskatchewan) taken during a one-week trip on Apr 29-May 6 2002.

  • April 28, 2002
  • Added 9 additional pics of Grise Fiord to the existing March 2002 trip pages
  • Did color retouching and re-sizing of the January 2001 pics of Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay

  • April 12, 2002
  • Hi everyone! I'm back from 4 weeks up at Resolute and Grise Fiord in Nunavut! Its been so busy lately that I haven't had time to properly update my site.. so here comes a huge update:
  • Added pics of Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay, NU from my recent trip. The focus of the new series leans more towards the people of the land here.
  • Added pics of Fort Liard from my February trip
  • Added pics of Fort Resolution from my December and February trips
  • New background for all the picture pages to give the site a new look

  • March 10, 2002
  • Added pics of Trout Lake, NWT.

  • January 24, 2002
  • Descriptions added to Fort Simpson pics
  • Fixed a bug which prevented Netscsape users from seeing some pages

  • January 22, 2002
  • Put up the December pics of Fort Liard and Fort Simpson

  • January 17, 2002
  • Put up the Nahanni Butte Pics

  • December 15, 2001 The message boards are now active! Feel free to post messages in any of the forums!

    November 11, 2001
  • Put up 2 pages of new pics from Wrigley - descriptions to come.
  • Put up 1 page of new pics from Fort Simpson - descriptions to come.

  • Sept 2, 2001
  • I put up an 'About me' page for all those who kindly e-mailed me about it.
  • Put up the pics from June trip to Fort Resolution
  • Made some cosmetic additions to the Churchill, Resolute, and Grise Fiord intro pages.

  • Aug 22, 2001
  • Posted the pix for Jean Marie River, sans descriptions, for now..

  • Aug 10, 2001
  • Back from vacation today! Went on a road trip to Edmonton, Jasper Park, Lake Louise, Kelowna, Seattle, Vancouver, and Banff Park. Got to pass through Bragg Creek AB and saw the set of North of 60! I posted those pix on the site. Sorry for the downtime the past few days.. some (un-named) individual restarted our server improperly while we were on our trip :-P

  • July 26, 2001
  • Put up the new pix of Fort Liard. Jean Marie and Samba Deh Park pix to come soon!

  • July 21, 2001
  • Hey folks, back in Winnipeg again. Had an awesome trip, saw some amazing scenery at Nahanni National Park.. Put up the pix from the Nahanni Park trip as well as the Fort Simpson Canada Day festivities. I'm going to start putting mini-maps on each community's index page to help visitors visualize the geographic location of each community. I'll put up the rest in a few..

  • July 9, 2001
  • Sorry for the downtime the last few days. Our server was hit by hackers and the entire system had to be re-installed. We're running normally again but I haven't had a chance to check if any damage/alterations were done to arcticcircle.ca's pages so if you notice anything unusual, please send an email to me. I will be returning from the NWT on Saturday July 14. Thanks -- Vince

  • June 12, 2001
  • I'm back! Well, for 3 days anyways.. Put the 2 pages of Sandy Bay pictures up. No descriptions yet, will do those when I get back from my next trip, which will be in the Northwest Territories once again! Be interesting to see what the Deh Cho looks like in the summer. I will be gone from June 13 to July 14.

  • June 3, 2001
  • Greetings from Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan! Having a good time here. Just dropping a line to let you know I've put up an infrared photo gallery. I'll be adding pictures to the gallery as I take em. Check it out, the photos are pretty bizarre!

  • May 29, 2001
  • Finally added descriptions and finishing touches to the last two albums (thanks Karen for reminding me!). Also added a form-based email contact script. Should make it easier for people to contact me from this site. I will be leaving for a week to go to Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan, then I'm off to the NorthWest Territories for four weeks.

  • May 18, 2001
  • Welcome back everyone! I've just returned from 3 weeks in the land of the midnight sun and I have posted the pictures from Resolute and Grise Fiord. It was truly an awesome experience to see the sun shining at midnight and even though it took some getting used to, I actually managed to get some sleep at night!

  • April 23, 2001
  • Well, I'm off again to Resolute and Grise Fiord, Nunavut so there will be no updates until I return on May 18, 2001.. Expect a bunch of new hi-quality pix! Take care!

  • April 8, 2001
  • Pictures from Wrigley and Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories are up! If anyone can help me get a hold of a town logo for Hall Beach, Nunavut, drop me a line at umchan95@hotmail.com

  • April 3, 2001
  • Pics of Fort Simpson and Fort Liard are up and the rest will be coming soon! Also added a map of the Northwest Territories to the map section.

  • April 2, 2001
  • Just came back from a four week trip to the Deh Cho region in the Northwest Territories. Had a great time and met lots of interesting people. Got a new digital camera so all pics from now on were taken with an Olympus C-2100UZ. Pics of Fort Simpson are up and the rest will be coming soon!

  • March 1, 2001
  • Added a Virtual Tours page featuring Quicktime VR 360-degree panoramas of two communities, Resolute and Grise Fiord. Finished the Resolute and Grise picture pages, working on finishing up the rest.

  • Feb 20, 2001
  • Just came back from 6 weeks in the high arctic. What an experience! I have put up around 90 pictures from the various communities I had visited or worked in. Although the pages are still under contruction, feel free to browse through the pictures!

  • Dec 29, 2000
  • Added the Guestbook, Visitor Statistics and the METAR weather pages today. Please take the time to sign the guestbook! Thanks!!

  • Dec 27, 2000
  • Started a major reconstruction of the original pictures page to reflect the site's upcoming new domain, ArcticCircle.ca!. This site will feature pictures and other interesting items from my trips to Northern Canada! Stay Tuned... (Please note that some links may be broken, please bear with me during the reconstruction period -- Thanks!)

  • Dec 25, 2000
  • Added the pictures from my two week trip to Northern Saskatchewan. 48 pictures have been posted! Check them out here!