Day 8 on the island: snowy owl sighting

Day 8 on the island and my sanity remains intact. I think. Still catching up on old videos, but after watching this video again I am reliving the colder days on the island. Thank goodness for wood stoves. And a functioning water heater... even if we have to manually fill buckets with hot water and haul them to the kitchen to do dishes, or to take a shower. Between water hauling and D-cell battery hauling I should be in shape in no time! Here's my video from day 8 on the island:

Here are a few photos of the snowy owl we saw!!

Photo creds go to Jesse, who had a scope and an attachment for his iPhone. Beautiful photos of a beautiful bird!! We think it was a juvenile female, based on plumage and size. She stuck around for the day and permitted us to snap photos of her from various angles, but we haven't seen her since. I hope she had a safe journey up north! 

Also, as a minor correction to my comment in the video, max. temperatures actually do get into the 20's (Celsius) later in the summer. Phew! But in all honesty, 6 degrees with sun and no wind is really quite nice. Under my 5 layers, anyway.