Historic First for Hopedale Inuit Community, Canada | Silver Wind is First Big Ship to Visit

But for now, let's talk about Agvituk, which is the Inuttitut name for Hopedale. It means place where there are whales. It's about the literal place name translation. And we're very privileged to be able to call here tomorrow. We are the first ever big ship to visit Hopedale. Yeah, it's a big deal. And the community has been working hard at preparing their plan for the day. I've been on multiple phone calls and video calls in the last three months of the... We'll have some color versions printed as well that you can pick up after dinner at the expedition desk and at reception. All of the key locations in town are indicated on there. But more importantly, what's in store for us tomorrow, it is a community tour. And we will be heading out in small groups or medium-sized groups, I should say. And we'll be led by local residents who will showcase their community for us. And they have six... Different and distinct and unique experiences that we're all going to take part in as we go around around town. Now the big draw here in town is the Old Moravian Mission, which is the best preserved old wooden structure in all of North America. You'll also visit the Hopedale Museum. You'll visit Ross's Shed. Ross is a community elder. He's a beloved community elder and he'll be sharing a little bit about traditional life on the land in the Hopedale area. You'll have an opportunity to sample some traditional Inuit country food. There will be some teas and other beverages made available where we'll have a demonstration of traditional Inuit games as well as a floating jetty so you can wear your footwear of choice tomorrow. So we'll begin a little bit of that and a few other things. This is the Legislative Assembly building, which we're very privileged to be able to go inside and visit. Now, everyone is participating in this community tour. It's a duration of roughly two hours, but we're going to afford you up to three hours on shore. Line, site, system, a network that went across the entire Pan-Arctic from Alaska all the way across through the Northwest Territories, the Yukon and Nunavut and into Nunatsiavut as well. Some of these are retired, but some others are likewise now part of the Northern Warning System. Which helps to detect any type of threat coming, aiming for the North American continent over the North Pole. American base, and anybody who'd like to join us, it's a two-hour walk. It is all uphill, or it's uphill for one half of it, and then downhill on the way back. Three miles, or five kilometers, about 750 meters. It's a mix of gravel roads and pathways. We get a commanding view over the entire harbor. And community, we think we'd like to get started with those of you on the hike. We'll get you out early so you can cover some ground from 745. And then from 8 a.m., groups 8, then 1. And we're bringing you out two groups at a time just so that we can manage the flow at the local pontoon and get you moving and walking before the next groups come out. So we're a Zodiac ride into town. It might be a longer one up to about a mile and a half. We'll see what the best position is for the vessel or captain will make it will obviously make that determination and