
Playing guitar on our back porch |

The view from inside our cabin
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We spent the majority of the winter on snowmobiles
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Danielle filling in a data sheet
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Danielle is using the antenna to locate a radio-transmitting beaver.
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This picture was taken right after a very thick fog had lifted
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Kabetogama Lake after a snowfall
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Using the antenna and telemetry receiver to pinpoint the location of a beaver
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The beaver lodge in Deer Creek |

Late evening on Kabetogama.
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Danielle on her snowmobile
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Enjoying the sunshine after checking the lodge at Long Slough.
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The entrance to the lodge at Long Slough.
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On this morning the temperature was close to -30 Celsius
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On very cold mornings, there would be steam rising from the lodges. |

Walking in to Long Slough was a welcome break from the snowmobiles
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Having fun with my new GPS
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A rocky ledge in Lost Bay
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Sunset over Kabetogama.
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The remains of a recent wolf kill
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The driveway leading into Sandy Point on a moon-lit night
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Looking west onto Kabetogama.
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Our front yard, under a nearly full moon |

A trail leading into Ekk Lake
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Looking back into Lost Bay from the Ekk Lake trail.
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We hiked in about 500m to search in a small pond for a lost beaver
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Searching for lost beavers was one of the only activities that required snowshoes
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Getting ready to hike up a small stream looking for lost beaver transmitters
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We didn't find any missing beavers here either, but it was really fun hike up the stream
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Sandy Point Lodge at dawn.
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Heading south onto Kabetogama by way of the portage from Rainy Lake |

Sunset over Kabetogama
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Another view of the same sunset
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Dawn, looking out from our backyard.
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Probably the first "snow fort" I've made in 15 or 20 years!
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The view from inside my "digloo"
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Since I take most of the pictures, Danielle gets to have all the cool poses!
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Rainy Lake is quite a bit bigger than Kabetogama, and on an overcast day, the "seam" between ice and sky is hardly visible.
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A hoar frost overnight covered this Jack Pine
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A frosted Jack Pine on Rainy Lake |

The south side of Rainy Lake after a snowfall
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Looking north into Kabetogama from Daley Bay.
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Danielle is meeting up with me at Grassy Bay
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This lodge is in a beaver pond in Daley Bay
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One of the few snowy days we had |

Full moon rising over Kabetogama
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This was a few hours before the lunar eclipse |

Yewbush Island, in the western end of Kabetogama
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The eastern end of the park, i Sand Point Lake.
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Early morning sun through a frosted Birch
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Looking north over Rainy Lake at the distant shore of Ontario.
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A bare patch of ice on Rainy Lake. |

We got to tag along with a bear researcher from the DNR
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Dave and Bill weigh the bear
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Just before putting the bear back in its den
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The wetland we'd hiked up to get to the bear
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The second (and much smaller) bear of the day. |

Danielle is quite happy to be posing with a bear!
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This bear was actually so small that both Danielle and I could easily hold it right off the ground.
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Returning to the snowmobile after a full day of bear work.
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Our cabin at Sandy Point, seen from the backyard
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A dock on the west side of Sandy Point's property.
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Earthspin, seen from the dock at Sandy Point
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On one of our park-wide wolf surveys, we ran into this guy alone on the ice. |

This was actually just the second time we'd seen any wolves all winter.
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On the second half of our wolf survey I came across this freshly killed deer
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It took almost 45 minutes before the wolves finally reappeared.
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The other two continued to eat from the main carcass.
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Despite us being out of view, the wolves were very nervous and kept glancing back towards us
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We stayed for about half an hour watching them
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The whole thing was quite surreal
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Shortly before we left, the third wolf came back down from the bank
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Sunrise from our backyard.
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Rainy Lake near Alder Creek. |

After a few warm days near the end of the season, we had to make use of the excellent packing snow
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Snow on a Balsam Poplar down the road from our cabin
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Early morning after a snow near Sandy Point
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The portage from Kabetogama to Black Bay and Rainy Lake
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Dark skies in Black Bay on one of our last days on the ice |

All winter long we were visited by a resident fox who toured around the cabins
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