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Jimmie Qaapik's old shack was on solid ground before high waves hit the Grise Fiord shore September 18. - photos courtesy of Jimmie Qaapik The unprecedented height of the waves removed the shack from its solid footing...... and took the shack down the beach (below) where it fell to pieces.

AUSUITTUQ/GRISE FIORD
Waves perhaps higher than residents had ever seen in Grise Fiord hit the hamlet's shore September 18, and when they receded back out to sea they took with them Jimmie Qaapik's shack.

"It got washed down the beach and along the beach where it crumpled," Qaapik said.

"This is probably the highest we've ever experienced it here. They were reaching over to areas we haven't seen them reach before."

He said he was able to move his boat and qamutik behind his house across the road from the beach.

Other lumber on the beach was washed away by the waves.

A light-pole erected by Nunavut Power Corp. was affected by the waves, which shifted the pole and took away some of the gravel supporting it.

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