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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 12:59 
Grande Prairie, Alberta Photo Randy Vanderveen An athlete makes his way along the track doing the knuckle hop, one of the many Arctic sports during the 2010 Arctic Winter Games. Last week was a busy one and I am afraid the blog slipped by the wayside.
Grande Prairie hosted the 2010 Arctic Winter Games and I was involved in a high school student photo mentorship program with three other professional photographers in town (Rob Ganzeveld the photographer who organized the mentor program, Tanya Sedore and long-time Grande Prairie photographer Paul Pivert.
Those of you in the area might want to check out the work of the four talented young photographers who we worked with last week. Their photos are on display at the Montrose Cultural Centre (new library and Prairie Art Gallery) in the Theresa Sargent Room for a couple of weeks.
After spending the day with the budding photographers, I also spent some time doing some editorial work which made for some long days.
I thought I would post a few photos of the Arctic Sports portion of the games I shot last week. Almost everybody has seen basketball, hockey, skiing, etc especially with the Olympics just finishing.
However, the Arctic sports offer a new look at athleticism and a better appreciation of the physlcal ability of the athletes participating.
Next week I will get back to my regular posting. Until then.
Jashua Ussak of Whale Cove just misses his two foot jump of 6 feet 2 Inches in Arctic Games action at the Grande Prairie Regional College gym Monday evening. 
Photo Randy Vanderveen Grande Prairie, Alberta 10/03/10 Matt Akinika, of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, launches himself forward in the men's triple jump in the Arctic Sports category at the Grande Prairie Regional College gym. Akinika is one of the athletes competing at the 2010 Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Photo Randy Vanderveen Grande Prairie, Alberta 12/03/10 Charlie Hocogak Jr. (right) of Sachs Harbour, NWT, strains as he battles an opponent in the head pull in the Arctic Sports category at the Grande Prairie Regional College gym.