Gov Gen survives Inuit blanket toss ritual

INUVIK, NWT - They warned the Governor General not to bend her knees or she might wind up with broken legs.
 
Then they repeatedly tossed Michaelle Jean around, at one point flinging her four metres into the air.
 
The crowd cheered. She shrieked and struggled to catch her breath.
 
By the time it was over, locals shook their heads and declared with relative certainty that no Canadian vice-regal had ever starred in an Inuit blanket toss before.
 
Jean expressed fascination with the age-old hunting ritual she had just participated in Sunday, on the first day of her week-long Arctic tour.