Kirsten Murphy
Northern News Services
Iqaluit (Jun 18/01) - Nunavut Arctic College carpentry students donated a simple but sturdy one-room cabin to the Amarok Hunters and Trappers Organization.
The survival shack will be set up at Frobisher Farthest, a popular seal hunting spot 25 kilometres from Iqaluit, next month.
David Ell of the Amarok HTO suggested the donation.
"It's a dangerous area because of tides," Ell said.
Deputy mayor Simon Nattaq went through thin ice in the same area in February, Ell said.
As a result of the frostbite he suffered while walking to a distant cabin, Nattaq had to have both legs amputated below the knee.
Ell said a cabin like this might have prevented a near-fatal accident like that.
"It's shelter for hunters or tourists," Ell said.
Nunavut College instructor Lloyd Kendall said five Level-Two carpentry students diligently cut, hammered and moulded the 100-square foot roofed structure. The recently completed cabin remains outside the college's workshop. A bunk bed will still be added later this month. A barge is scheduled to transport the cabin next month.
"This is the first, there will probably be others," Kendall said.
