A
.
Then
Tom
comes
over
to
our
qamutik
.
"
Nice
to
meet
you
.
"
He
____________________
for
my
hand
.
"
So
you
come
from
the
south
.
"
Tom
says
as
he
sits
down
next
to
me
.
"
I
guess
I
do
.
I'm
just
not
____________________
to
thinking
of
Montréal
as
south
of
anyplace
.
In
Montréal
south
usually
means
Florida
or
maybe
Mexico
.
"
Tom
grins
.
"
Just
about
the
whole
world
is
south
of
George
River
,
"
he
says
.
Joseph's
glasses
are
fogged
over
from
the
cold
.
He
____________________
at
them
with
his
gloves
,
then
reaches
into
his
pocket
for
what
turns
out
to
be
a
____________________
-
____________________
GPS
.
"
Let's
renew
our
____________________
,
"
he
says
to
Steve
.
Soon
we're
on
our
way
again
.
Our
team
is
right
at
the
front
;
Jakopie's
in
the
middle
,
followed
by
Joseph's
.
When
I
turn
to
look
behind
me
,
all
I
can
see
____________________
to
be
a
mix
of
parts
of
the
dog
bodies
-
ears
and
legs
and
tails
-
all
flying
over
the
snow
.
I
pull
down
my
ski
tuque
so
it'll
cover
more
of
my
____________________
.
I'm
the
only
one
who
isn't
wearing
a
nassak
.
Still
,
my
tuque
has
got
to
be
warmer
than
their
nassaks
,
whoch
don't
even
cover
the
____________________
of
their
ears
.
Maybe
people
up
here
are
just
more
used
to
the
cold
.
I
move
my
____________________
inside
the
boots
Dad
lent
me
.
They're
a
little
too
big
,
but
I
wore
an
extra
pair
of
socks
to
make
up
for
it
.
In
spite
of
thecold
,
my
____________________
are
still
moving
.
I
figure
that'sa
good
sign
.
There's
a
thin
,
____________________
-
____________________
band
of
sky
over
the
river
now
.
There's
snow
everywhere
else
,
with
a
few
____________________
here
and
there
.
Not
the
best
place
to
live
on
planet
Earth
if
you
happen
to
be
a
____________________
.
