Iqaluit (Sep 04/06) - Sometimes you just have to get out of the office.

That's what Dave Veevee and his three-year-old son Terrence were doing on a calm late summer day in Iqaluit last week.

The pair were loading up at the breakwater, getting set to head out to a renowned berry picking area down Frobisher Bay.

"That place has a reputation for having the biggest berries in the Iqaluit region," he said, taking a break from placing camping supplies onto a rowboat.

Dave also planned to do some caribou hunting. The hunt wasn't great earlier in the summer, he said, but it's picking up now.

During the conversation, Terrence, who's in the rowboat, became concerned he was floating away, though the boat is tethered to shore. Dave quickly hauled the boat on the rocks to keep it in place.

Soon the pair will row out to Dave's motorboat, which he tries to take out every weekend.

Terrence usually accompanies Dad on the hunting trips.

"It's very important (to take Terrence hunting and berry picking)," Dave said. "I grew up that way and he's probably going to grow up that way too."

Dave works as an operations supervisor for the Qulliq power corporation.

Things are busy right now, because the company is surveying sites for a proposed hydroelectric dam. But with summer fading fast, family won out.

"I shouldn't leave," Dave said. "But I've just got to take my family out berry picking."