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Canada Travel Articles
A Guide
to the Best Vancouver Vacation Attractions
Vancouver is a great place for vacations, romantic getaways, or as a
base for exploring southwestern B.C. Let me tell you some more about
our hometown!
A Trip
To Iqaluit In Nunavut, A Canadian Arctic City
In 2004, I completed two Inuit art buying trips to Iqaluit
(formerly Frobisher Bay), the capital of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory.
For both trips, I flew out of Ottawa on Canadian North airlines. The
other airline that services Nunavut is First Air. Only the last half
of the jets was allocated for passengers as the entire first half was
for cargo. Being so remote, Canadian Arctic Inuit communities pretty
well have to have everything shipped up there by plane or by boat during
the summers since there are no roads connecting to the rest of Canada
or even between each Nunavut community. The Arctic landscape from the
air was desolate, hilly and barren. As the plane got closer to Iqaluit,
the airport's small terminal building stood out with its bright yellow
color.
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