Early morning transfer from the Château Laurier to Ottawa Airport |
Dennis on the bus to Ottawa Airport |
Traveling lightly for our trip to Greenland |
Quark Expeditions chartered First Air for our flight to Greenland with a tech stop in Iqaluit |
First Air - The Airline of the North |
Canadian North, the other airline serving the Canadian Arctic from Ottawa |
First Air B737 at YOW (C-FACP) |
First Air B737 at YOW (C-FACP) |
First Air to Iqaluit, Nunavut |
Canadian North B737 at YOW |
Canadian North B737 at YOW |
First Air B737 (C-FNVK) at YOW |
Polar Bear on the tail of First Air |
Boarding from the rear of this B737 Combi |
Boarding First Air charger flight from YOW to SFJ via YFB |
First Air B737 (C-FNVK) at YOW |
The scheduled First Air flight to Iqaluit (C-FACP) |
I've never seen so much repair work on an aircraft, C-FNVK |
First Air B737 Combi with the freight partition forward of the passenger cabin |
First sight of Frobisher Bay, Nunavut |
Island in Frobisher Bay 10 km out from the runway at Iqaluit |
Monument Island with a beacon near Iqaluit, Nunavut |
Long Island in Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit - south end |
Long Island in Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit - middle |
Long Island in Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit - north end |
Small islands off Iqaluit covered with birds |
Short final runway 35 at Iqaluit (CYFB) |
Akilliq Road, Iqaluit |
Welcomed to Nunavut by an Inuit Inukshuk overlooking Iqaluit Airport |
Arrival at Iqaluit Airport, Nunavut |
Main terminal at tower at Iqaluit Airport, Nunavut |
Main terminal at tower at Iqaluit Airport, Nunavut |
First Air B737 at YFB (C-FACP) |
Canadian North B737 at YFB (C-GSPW) |
Hanging out on board during the short tech stop |
I'm guessing First Air chose to land at their base in Iqaluit for cheaper fuel than they'd be able to get a Kangerlussuaq |
Iqaluit Airport (CYFB) |
Tail of a First Air B737-400 (C-FFNC) sticking out of the hanger in Iqaluit |
Cirrus SR22 with a temporary registration N214RS on the ground at YFB during its delivery flight to Saudi Arabia |
Canadian North Dash-8 (C-GXCN) at Iqaluit CYFB |
Departing Runway 17 at Iqaluit bound for Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (BGSF) |
Iqaluit Airport (CYFB) |
Iqaluit Airport (CYFB) |
First Air Hanger, Iqaluit |
Bustling downtown Iqaluit, population 6600 |
Iqaluit, capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, was called Frobisher Bay until 1987 |
Aerial photo of the city center of Iqaluit |
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
Iqaluit's Cathedral of St. Jude built in the form of an igloo |
Iqaluit, Baffin Island - Nunavut |
Iqaluit, Baffin Island - Nunavut |
Iqaluit, Baffin Island - Nunavut |
The village of Apex, just south of Iqaluit on the shore of Frobisher Bay |
The village of Apex, just south of Iqaluit on the shore of Frobisher Bay |
The village of Apex, just south of Iqaluit on the shore of Frobisher Bay |
First Air's inflight magazine above & beyond, and the B737-200 briefing card |
B737-200 briefing card and First Air route map |