Flight to the Arctic

Boarding the plane to Cambridge Bay we were ready to expect the unexpected. We'd been warned that the small plane to the community would not be heated while on the ground and so we piled into the plane wearing all our 'arctic' gear. Fitting into a plane seat with a massive Canada Goose jacket on is quite a complicated task! Thankfully, we didn't have too long a wait until the plane took off and the heat started flowing and we started peeling off layers of clothes. The most interesting moment of the flight was when a door in the front of the enclosed passenger cabin suddenly swung open and a pilot almost fell out into the lap of the first line of passengers in the plane! The pilot quickly scooped up some coffee and made his way back through the short tunnel to the cockpit. Our second surprise on the flight to the North was when we had made it to our final destination (after 3 plane trips) and were warming up in the terminal waiting for our luggage to arrive and I see our dog who has also made the trip with us sitting in her kennel and we greet her excitedly and she seems to have enjoyed the ride and isn't too cold and after about a good 10 minutes of chatting with some of the locals I go to pick up her kennel and then I hear a loud crack and with a big bang the kennel falls to the ground and there looking up at me from a great big hole in the top of the kennel is Tetue. The cold arctic temperatures had weakened the plastic kennel and the handle and a great big chunk of the top of the kennel had completely broken off!!! Welcome to the North! lol..