Nunavut - Day 2

I'll start by giving my head a shake and admitting that I referred to the airline that brought us here from Ottawa was Canadian Air even though the photo I included clearly showed it was Canadian North. Airline travel often clouds my thinking.

Today was a perfect day to explore - about minus 2 degrees and sunny. It's a lot of walking in this city of 8,000. Everybody walks. Very few own cars because you can't go anywhere. Once outside the city there are no roads...and it's too expensive to take a cab everywhere. That being said I love the license plates.

The cost of living here is very high. I can't speak for housing but if you want to eat, it's about three times higher than in Ontario. Here's a couple of things we did not buy.

These are about $1 at home.

It's actually a very pretty town in its own way - definitely has a rustic charm all its own.

The Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre is a must see in Iqaluit. A quick education in a beautiful setting.

We were also given an honourary North of 60 certificate. That's nice because we have something similar from Antarctica. Nice to have both ends covered.

The people are so nice and patient. As we wandered about aimlessly not a single motorist honked or displayed any displeasure at all. That helps make the place look even nicer.

We always meet wonderful people when we travel. Never get their names and often their story either. This time we asked (not the name). This CBC cameraman was filming a waterline that was freezing. We initially asked if he had anything to do with the North of North TV series. That conversation yielded that he was from Brazil. Once again I was floored by the logistics of it all. How and why does someone from South America end up on Baffin Island? This type of thing is one of the many joys of travelling to remote areas.

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