When the boat comes in

Thought I'd share with you the view from my classroom window at school:

The big cargo vessels like this one are a real lifeline for the communities of the North, bringing in all the supplies that are too bulky to be carried by the small DASH-8 planes that are the only other method of transportation from the south. Once the Hudson Bay freezes over though, no ships can get through, which means that for about half the year it's the aircraft or nothing.

In other news...I now have three students (!), and a fourth one is promised any day soon. I wonder if they've been delivered by the boat? Oh, and it snowed again today. Bummer.