Clare Kines took the photo for his third and latest Canada Post stamp while out exploring SA国际影视传媒淔ar and WideSA国际影视传媒� in his home community of Arctic Bay.

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SA国际影视传媒淭he stamp, which is for mailing to international destinations, features the Qarlinngua sea arch in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, by Canadian photographer Clare Kines.

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The local rock formation of horizontal sandstone happened to go viral in February of 2018 after CBC published an article profiling the formation. A local seal hunter captured a photo of the Paleozoic rocks that make up that uninhabited area of the Brodeur Peninsula, which places them at about 250 to 600 million years old, and submitted it to CBC North.

On the north end of Baffin Island, about 80 to 90 kilometres southwest of the community of Arctic Bay, the Pants SA国际影视传媒渨as quite a sensation for awhile,SA国际影视传媒� according to Kines. Canada Post took an interest in it for its series, and Kines took it upon himself to take his own photo SA国际影视传媒渢o try and get more [local Inuit] out there.SA国际影视传媒� Kines said the Pants are a four or five-hour snowmobile ride south of Arctic Bay.

Kines would know well where the attraction is located and how to photograph it. SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檝e lived in Arctic Bay for 20 some-odd years,SA国际影视传媒� he said to Nunavut News. Currently employed by Parks Canada, Kines is certainly knowledgeable about local geographical landmarks.

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After delays due to COVID, the new Far and Wide series was finally released on May 6. Kines was initially unaware of the release.

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For Kines, this is old hat. SA国际影视传媒淔or awhile there,SA国际影视传媒� said Kines of one of his previous successes with Canadian postage, SA国际影视传媒淧rince Philip and I were probably the only ones in the Commonwealth getting mail with pictures of our wives on the stamps.

SA国际影视传媒淥n a personal note, these [stamps] are all very meaningful for me. They feature my home, Nunavut, and one has my wife and the other my son. My family has also been in the postal service for 101 years. My grandfather, father, and brother were all postmasters.SA国际影视传媒�

Kines is ultimately thrilled that his stamp featuring the Qarlinngua sea arch will go all over the world. SA国际影视传媒淚 think itSA国际影视传媒檚 spectacular- that whole section of coastline.SA国际影视传媒�