With our time in Attawapiskat drawing to a close, the yurt is assembled! It is time to unpack the rest of the sewing supplies and games, and welcome in the community... In short, it was time for a party!

A permanent source of heat still needs to be set up in the yurt. In the meantime, the fabric, sewing items, and art supplies are stored off-site until there is permanent heat set up.

We had a lot of help from youth, moving all the supplies into this temporary room.

Having stood in St. James Park as part of Occupy Toronto, travelled by transport truck, train and over an ice road, the Mongolian yurt is ready to be assembled in Attawapiskat.

After meetings with the community, the location for the yurt was decided upon, and we set upon the assembly of the yurt.

By the end of the first day of building, we had set up the base.

With the freezing temperatures, short days and the rush to set up the yurt, we called it "extreme yurt-building."

Yesterday, 55.5 kilometres from the community at 5 p.m. the groovy yurt truck met another snowbank. This one wasn't so easy to get towed out. When they say ice road, that is actually what it is.

We shovelled for two hours to clear the snow away. There were many attempts to pull it out with a truck and then a loader.

We enjoyed a great pasta dinner cooked by Yves while we waiting for larger equipment to show up. It was 3 a.m. before we were pulled out by a bulldozer.