Sanirajak or bust!

In consultation with the people of Sanirajak, we have created a very usefull and desirable container filled with some wonderful items that will help this little community immensely.  The container had room for 10 skids.  Now these skids had to be balanced by weight for stability as it is shipped by boat from Sainte Catherine, Quebec, up the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, through Hudson Strait and past Baffin Island up to Sanirajak.  The estimated date of arrival is September 6, 2023.

The skids were arranged for ease of access one they arrive at their destination.  Some items can remain on the container until needed, others need to be removed and placed in storage that will not freeze.  Sanirajak can start with temperatures below freezing as early as September, and certainly by October, the thermometer remains there.  So there is a lot of strategy that goes into arranging the container.  Here is a list of the items shipped, aounting to 16,246 pounds of food and items:

1500 rolls of toilet paper

27,300 tea bags

1,152 kg of Tomato Sauce

900 kg of Sugan and 900 kg of flour

733 kg of Macaroni

407 kg of Pancake Mix                          

361 kg of Quaker Oats

360 kg of Mashed Potatoes (dried goods) & 360 kg of Rice & 360 kg of Spaghetti

286 kg of Canned Peas

260 kg of Chicken Noodle Soup (dried goods)

245 kg of Canned Corn

243 kg Mushroom Soup

180 kg Lard

125 kg Powdered Milk

112 kg of Sultana Raisins & 112 kg of Canned Fruit

81 kg of Beef Noodles & 81 kg of Baking Powder

72 kg of Tang Orange Drink

60 kg of Coffee (50 tins)

6 kg of Yeast

A Patridge in a Pear Tree

The trailor that picked up our shipping container using a huge crane, was off to pick up a similar container from St. Patrick's in Markham.  St. Patrick's in Markham is shipping their container to a small community of less than 1,000 people called Taloyoak, Nunavut.  It was once called Spence Bay.  It is on the southwest side of the Boothia Peninsula, through the Northwest Passage.  

(Our Cargo Ship Sedna Desgagnes)

Both containers are being transported to Port Sainte Catherine in Quebec, just west of Montreal.  From their they will be placed on a ship that services the North.  It is a family business that exclusively handles shipments to Nunavut.  The Desgagnés Maritime Shipping has been involved in the merchant marine service since the 19th century.  The ship to Sanirajak is called the Sedna Desgagnes.  It will stop along the way at other villages, including Kuujjuaq, Arviat, Naujaat, Igloolik and finally arriving at Sanirajak.

And now, it is time to turn our efforts toward our Shipping Container, 2024.