He even harpoons beluga whales, navigating a boat out intothelabyrinth of the Mackenzie Delta, then sharing the meat and blubber with others in the community.
One of the 80 person staff will appear silently to take your bags and bring you through the shadowy labyrinth of narrow plaster halls intothe main salon where there is sunlight, music and a view of the gardens and pool.
After negotiating thelabyrinth of security, coat checks and corridors, we were ushered into three seats in the front row of Gallery booth No. 7, less than two feet behind the C-SPAN cameras installed there to monitor the proceedings.