I was tripping around the map. This region caught my attention. Just typed "nunavut" on youtube and came to this very original material. Greetings from Brazil!
@@grantboucher2696 we rarely have snow in Brazil. When we do it's only in the south. I'm now living in Florianópolis-SC, it's a city in an island, in the south of Brazil. This year we had a tough winter, so there was snow in the country side of the state (Santa catarina). The great majority of cities in Brazil are pretty hot all year long. In my birth city, Cuiabá-MT, which is in the "middle" of Brazil, the lowest temperature in winter is around 16° Celsius. But even during winter time the temperatures can get up to 36° Celsius.
Nobody grew out of the north American continent the natives came here from Russia and we came from the Europe the other way and met in north America , there is no original ownership of any land technically.
I'm so jealous. When this video was made, I had little knowledge of the territories. Nowadays I'm obsessed with Canada's north. I'm planning a trip to the NWT for next summer. Eventually I plan to visit all 3 territories and also visiting in winter. I think the territories are the best part of Canada.
I remember those winters, up in the NWT. I remember one particular 3 week stretch where we never had sun between the cloud cover in the day and the early sunsets. The sun broke through and the entire town shut down, so everyone (including the children at school) could go outside at -40 to spend time in the sun! As a nurse we bundled up the seniors living in the hospital, put the children into the strollers and went outside too. I never loved sun so much as I did that day! haha! Thanks for sharing your time in Iqualuit.
+Alan Shore It's crazy how "warm" toronto is compared to Montreal, even tho it's not that far ! here we all have a canada goose, and we usually get -15/-25 on any given winter day
Not too damn much God, you are on the tundra. Everyone lives in the town, there are no " house in the boonies " they all live in town. It's very different and VERY expensive ( a shot of Drabuie $17.00 I nearly died. If you like the cold, that's the place to be. PS. civilian flights to Iqaluit are over $1000.00, hotel you saw in the video, over $300 a night for nothing fancy.
Recién había viajado de México a Vancouver cuando se me presentó la oportunidad de irme a Iquialit por qué se había incendiado el North Mart! Estaba total mente asustado de estar tan lejos de mi país, pero al final fue la mejor experiencia de mi vida, dos veces tuve la oportunidad de ir a trabajar para C&K una compañía de multiservicios! Trabaje también en esa escuela limpiando y aplicando wax a los pisos! Viaje gratis con hospedaje y comida incluida! De verdad que parte de mi corazón se quedó en ese Pueblo y aún que es probable que jamás regrese, le estaré tan agradecido a la gente por su hospitalidad!
As a lifelong Canadian, I’ve travelled with my sister to the most eastern, Western, and southern, points of Canada, but we’ve never done the north. After seeing this video I am definitely going to start planning a trip for us, there’s something about the serene beauty of it that appeals to me, I suppose it’s not for everybody, but I absolutely love my country and want to know as much of it as I can. It’s a shame most people never travel within our own country because its so expensive, But there are ways around it. Our first trip was back in the early 90s, to the East Coast, in between my chemotherapy treatments, which was a great distraction, and obviously I survived anyways, I think in part to that vacation, because it allowed me to relax and appreciate just how beautiful and huge our country is. When I was on chemotherapy I had very little money, but we managed to see the country by driving, which I love, and by slashing our hotel bill in half like taking one night at a campground, and the other in a hotel. It’s saved us a fortune, so you don’t have to spend a lot of money to explore Canada, you just need to be creative. When we did the West Coast, we flew out to Vancouver, and then run to the car and drove to the most western tip of Canada, after a very long hike, through some of the most beautiful nature on earth, then came the south. For anyone in the Toronto area, this is easy and cheap, it’s only about a 5 Hour Dr. from Toronto, to the ferry that takes you to Pelee Island in Lake Erie, once you’re on Pelee Island you can either camp, which we did, or you can rent a room at a bed-and-breakfast, and above all else do not forget to take a tour of the winery on the island, they make some of the most tasty wines you could imagine. Once you’re on Pelee Island there’s a small peninsula with the sandbar at the end, we walked as far as we possibly could until we were in the water, that’s as far south as Canada goes. There is one other island but it’s completely off-limits to the public, I’m not sure what the deal is but I think it’s a nature preserve run by the government, or, perhaps they don’t want anyone getting that close to the border. So now all that is left for us to do is the far north. We’ve been as far as Moose Factory Island, off the shores of James Bay, but I want to go to the most northern point in all of Canada. This one will cost quite a bit, but I don’t care, I survived three reoccurrences of cancer, I think I deserve a trip. If any of you have been to the most northern point in Canada could you please let me know how you did it? I haven’t really looked into it yet, because we’re not going until next summer, but if you have any advice or any tips as to how to get started looking, I greatly appreciate it. I can’t wait to go, as I said before, even though some call it a deer in the wasteland, I see nothing but tranquil beauty, a place for so few ever get to go, I just have to go before I die. I mean that quite literally, because there’s a good chance the cancer might come back for a fourth time, so I want to get this much travelling in as I can, just in case! Thanks again for sharing the video, you will definitely have to make this one of our stops, it looks really interesting, and it’s so nice to get away from Toronto once in a while, the city is bursting at the seams!
Here in Northern New England, poutine is everywhere and is part of our fabric, but then again, the lines blur a little between Canada and Northern New England.
Just ask the person to say "Car"; if they say "Cah" they're from New England, and "Car'" would be a person from Canada or from Philli to Virginia or Florida
I was thinking of doing some work in Nunavut as a registered nurse for a few years to help out some more isolated communities and because the benefits are apparently quite worthwhile. I have never met anyone from this part of Canada so thank you for the video, it was very informative :)
I was born and raised in Iqaluit. It was so great way before the beer and wine store had opened. I miss the sunsetting in the afternoons. The great high school. Everything.
Hard to understand why a beer & wine store would be opened up in places where it becomes a problem. Nothing like enabling, eh. Could think of a hundred other businesses I would open up instead. Just saying.
The thing people don't realize is that literally *everyone* would be better off without booze. It's literal poison, both for the mind and body, no matter who you are.
I really like this video. I lived there for 2 1/2 years and to me the north is a forgotten place sometimes. So for you guys to show the world how beautiful the north is warms my heart.
I'm teaching my 4th graders about how tilt and orbit gives us seasons. We discuss how some places can receive extended darkness during the winter days and extended light in the summer days. Thank you so much for creating a video that is informational, engaging, and appropriate for children, and therefore a great educational tool for my classroom! The students thoroughly enjoyed it!
I live in the Caribbean. Never seen snow in person in my life and their are people who never been to a beach, saw palm tree or experience the tropical climate (Its either sunny or rainy) living in the Arctic. I just find that a bit amusing.
"a horrible place"? You should be grateful to be living in Canada, you wouldn't get the same quality of life in the Caribbean that I can assure you. The grass always seems greener on the other side, can't blame you and I'd for sure would like to spend my Januarys in the Caribbean!
funkymunky8787 I have pine trees, snow and ice 7 months of the year in the interior of BC. No palm trees. Going south for the winter here on out. MEXICO!
I love it! An important and rich part of Canada's vast landscape and culture! The Inuit people really connect to me, and so these types of videos really help me research and enjoy learning
+Dario Iulianella You know, back in the 1980s, I wanted to visit Yellowknife, NWT and Churchill, Manitoba back in 1987. Never made it there with my late Uncle Edgar, he died in Rangoon, Burma on December 6, 2007. Such big plans and never made it there. I have to go by myself then! Gasoline prices are high there too.
Hey everyone - Alex here (the girl in this video). Luke and I are thrilled so many of you have enjoyed watching this over the past 4 years. We appreciate the comments and wanted to let you know that we have many other videos, including this one that shows a little bit more about our time in Iqaluit (some of you have been asking for more on Nunavut) - Monday Evening with Alex and Luke: Ep 31. And if you like this video, you may also enjoy one we made outside of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories about the Dene Hand Games (it's my favourite video). Watch it here: Dene Hand Games Championship in Behchoko 2011
What time of the year did you visit? Since you didn't look too cold. Since right now the weather is around -30. Also how much did it cost you to visit (i.e. your flight cost)? Thank you!
+alexandluke .com would LOVE to speak to you guys more about your arctic adventures in nunavut! we have a group planning an excursion there next year and are in the planning stages currently.. would love to hear any tips and discuss specifics if you could spare the time :)
We are a grade 4 class from Barrie Ontario and we want to let you know that we found your video very helpful. We are learning about the Arctic and your video help us learn more about how people experience life there.
I lived in San Diego, California all my life. I think I've been exposed to cold weather like, 16 times. I couldn't do that. Except I do want to visit the North. I want to see: -Fairbanks, AK -Anchorage, AK -Barrow, AK -Vancouver -Yellowknife -Winnepeg -Nunavut -Toronto -Quebec City -Moncton -Nuuk, Greenland "Tis a big and beautiful World. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us." -Oberyn Martell
Toronto isn't much different climate-wise than Detroit or Cleveland, and Montreal and Quebec City are similar to upstate New York climate-wise. And Vancouver is very much like Seattle. But it's when you get to places like Iqaluit, Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Inuvit, Tuktoyatuk, Fairbanks, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, AK and Barrow that it seems like you're in a very different part of the world, even though they're all in the USA or Canada.
I'm from near Toronto. Today it was -17C, with the windchill felt like -26C. Its hurts the skin lol. I envy your warmth! Although as I was walking through the snow today, I was thinking, wow, some people have never even seen or felt this before. And the way the snow crunches under your boots is such a lovely sound and feeling. I'm dying to go to the territories and Alaska tho!! :)
This was so interesting to watch. I'm from Pennsylvania (United States). went to Toronto in November and LOVED it. first time visiting Canada. Toronto was too cold for me so I couldnt imagine how cold it must be up there!! looks so bleak and desolate yet such a sense of community!
An Alberta Teacher here, You're video is beyond perfect for my class of grade 2's who are studying Iqaluit as one community in Canada. I can't thank you enough. Now I need the same video shot in Meteghan, NS...I'll see if I can get my division to send me if you can't go;) Thanks again.
Nothing like living in da north..I loved in Iceland from 72 to 74.highly recommend. Dad worked for a time in frobisher bay cause he had 8 kids that needed things..he was an electrician and lived til he was 87.. that means I got 9 yrs to go if lucky. . Gr8 video folks.ta
Great video. I had the pleasure of visiting Iqaluit last fall for a few days - 7 year after your visit. It was an amazing visit and experience. Wished I knew about the burger place, I was lucky enough to find a pretty decent pizza, and visited that Tim's regularly. There's another in Iqaluit now. It was my first ever self-service Tim's experience. What threw me a little was how many locals are selling Inuit arts and crafts in the pub and other places you don't expect to meet someone that says "hey, you want to buy a carving?". It was like the gift shop that walks by you. I saw all sorts of cool work and some that wasn't as great but the opportunity to see the great art and talk with them for a moment, while I had my pizza and beer under a massive polar bear skin wall covering, is currently one of the neatest things I have done.
I play hockey with a guy who took a year off to accept a job in Iqaluit. He got so depressed at one point during a terrible snowstorm he actually contemplated walking out the door and to just keep walking. Seriously, he was ready to die. This is a true story.
@@hollowkid97a link to alcoholism is just another link to misery. Substance abuse is a symptom of the problem not the cause you absolute fucking moron.
Nicely done! Thank you. I'll be sharing this today with my geography class at the international school in Lagos, Nigeria as we are studying ways of life in Canada and have talked about Nunavut.
Being from the States, I got to study in Toronto a couple of years ago, and I adore almost 100% of everything I've learned about Canada. I need to live there...
Alex, what I've always found interesting about the Canadian Arctic is what appeared in the addresses section: the Inuit syllabics, one of which appeared on the stop sign. Back in '84, I drove solo to Alaska from northern Illinois, and got as far north as about 30 miles/48km north of Fairbanks. However, earlier in the trip, when I was in Anchorage, I boarded a plane for a 2-day tour of Nome (sub arctic) and Kotzebue (26mi./42km north of the Arctic Circle, where I got to see the midnight sun.
Really enjoyed watching this video! Thank you for sharing life in the Canadian Arctic with us. I've always wondered what it was like living in those extreme cold places. And I thought North Dakota was cold already!
Great job, guys! I own a school that teaches Canadian culture, the Canadian English Centre, in Curitiba, Brazil and we recently promoted a debate, in one of the advanced classes, about the streets with no names in Iqaluit. I sent the link of your video to each participant. You have shared your experience in a very interesting and enthralling way, and all in just nine minutes! Masterpiece! :-)
here on the Navajo Reservation we use PO box numbers and when you purchase items that need to be delivered to your house it can be hard. But some of the people have made up their own shipping address and some of the UPS guys been here long enough to find the place.
I went on a holiday to Iqaluit in the late 1980's because my brother lived and worked there.It was the month of April and it was stil 20 below.I went snowmobiling with him to the apex.We went across this lake and then there were this small mountains that looked like caps.There was a trail right in the middle.The mountains were on either side.We also went tubing down some hills.My brother sold Inuit art and carvings.Thank-you for your video.
Thanks so much for this! It’s legit the best travel video I’ve seen :) super informative about the place rather than just showing yourself off with the area in the background (like so many other travel vlogs). Quite the delight to watch :)
Lol I'm from Canada and now living in Ireland, when I asked for a poutine they had no idea. I explained how it's made and they're like sounds gross. They have no idea what they are missing
My dream vacation would be Baffin Island Nunavut. I would love to look at doing some seasonal work in the Arctic during the summer months from May to August. I hate the heat and humidity, so travelling to the Arctic would help me to escape it.
The video is almost like two people from a large urban area who show up in a place that they haven't researched seemingly at all. Nor did they bother to interact with the people who are residents (thereby adding the human touch) and answering all their questions to give us insights instead of just guessing or verbalizing those questions to their... viewers(!?) "A" for effort (distance involved) but "C" for delivery and production values. Both nice people who I'm sure will learn as they go along.
Wish you would of mentioned the prices there. Such as buying a house, the poutine you had for lunch or some of the items in the North Mart. I hear everything is very expensive there
+Bin Dardundat Let's see, the company I worked for offered me $1200 a month for groceries. I'd run out of allowance after my 3rd week of shopping. I.e going for "wings night" at a local bar will cost you $40 for 2lbs wings.. a can of Budweiser is $10.. you imagine the rest.
It is, I was a little kid when I lived there and dropped a gallon of milk with it spilling all across the snow, my parents were not happy as it was $7 a gallon then, and I hear its even more now! I can watch the video and see exactly where I dropped it infront of the store, great memories!
It blows my mind that there's a Tim Horton's downstairs at my office in Shanghai, China! Amazing world. Oh, and that playground too! That was an incredible sight
Thanks a lot guys for making and sharing this video... I might have an opportunity to head up there so it's really great to see what's it's like up there :) Thanks!
Thanks for your video. It's been very helpful. I'm an author writing a new novel, "The Gymnos Contagion," and am researching northern Canadian territories and towns for parts of it. Your video was very informative for this town and helpful in my research. Thanks!
Just found this! really enjoyed learning more about Nunavut, had a good chuckle as the video quality made me believe it was recent, then after I saw the iPhone 3 I checked the date and laughed
Yeesh, it gets cold enough for long enough for me down here in central PA. Enjoy looking at northern Canada, but as for visiting or living there, I'm having Nunavut.
Worked in resolute bay...on our way there..got stranded in iqaluit for 4 days..flights cancelled due to bad weather...once there..it was one the best mad unforgettable experience s of my life...
Compared to much of Nunavut, this place is downright livable. Average high temperatures are above freezing for nearly 5 months of the year instead of the 3 months in the northern Arctic islands. Average summer highs get to over 10 C / 50 F rather than the 7 C / 44 F of the northern Arctic islands. Average lows are below -20 C / -4 F for only 4 months of the year compared to 6 months of the year in the northern Arctic islands. And July and August are usually snow-free whereas in the far north even those months get snow. Usually Iqaluit goes about 2.5 to 3 months between their last snow in the spring and first snow in the fall. Who am I kidding, Iqaluit's climate is complete donkey. But it's one of the better climates in Nunavut. Arviat is even better (but still pretty crap). January 29, 2020 12:03 am
Depends on your perspective. The average number of 90F highs in Miami is 135 which, when coupled with the oppressive humidity, becomes just as unlivable as a climate that's cold the majority of the year. There is no free climate
@@caesarsneezer6992 literal facts. I was in Florida for the summer June and july 2022 and my eyeballs sweated and so did everywhere places that shouldn’t ever sweat sweated.
@@ShawnTufford I'm half hour west of Ann Arbor in MI as well. Don't have to run ac until early June. 4 full seasons although spring could be a little longer.
you left out soo many answers to important questions. demographics? language? culture? what are the primary Industries what do people do for fun on and on and on and on what is the population Etc
Nunavut is about 1.7 million square kilometres and the population is about 36,000. 84% of which identify as Inuit ( arctic aboriginal people). Most people in Nunavut speak Inuktitut and their culture is too rich and complicated to completely go over in this comment. Fishing and Mining are the two largest industries in Nunavut and the province’s GDP is expected to grow 9.2 % in the next 5 years
Problem with this video it is so much laughter and silliness surrounding the two people who visited there instead of interacting with locals and really showing more information about such a fascinating community and location.
Thanks! Wonderful video. My wife and I recently saw the movie which was shot there, which we both really liked. We live in Michigan, but for many years I've had a fascination with up north, maybe especially after a visit to Toronto many years ago when we first learned about Glenn Gould's ideas in that direction. Yes, I am sure that as cold as it is, it SHOULD be much colder there. We hope to visit northern Canada sometime before long, probably one summer, since we both teach school. (So far, Thunder Bay is the farthest up we've ever been, and that was many years ago.) I will certainly share your video with my students. The movie, if I recall, emphasized the racial tensions. Any thoughts on that? Does Canada have special programs to increase Inuit acceptance and enrollment in university education. They've destroyed many of those kinds of programs here in the US.
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Any kid who grew up in Canada knew colouring Nunavut on a map was torture
Damn rights!
AyyySample Hahaha.....Now that is funny!😂😂👍🏼
When I first coloured it, it was still considered NWT
Exactly
True!
It's funny how more people have watched this video than the entire population of Nunavut. In fact, more than 3 times as much.
people have nothing to do,fucking loser
and they should stay where therir from
liaezse You are angry for reasons that are sadly not apparent to anyone reading your comment.
+AJ Ace A-N Around 10 times as much now! :P
cause its easier to watch then fucking visit over there.
I was tripping around the map. This region caught my attention. Just typed "nunavut" on youtube and came to this very original material.
Greetings from Brazil!
do you have any snow there
Hello back from Canada. MB, right below NU
@@grantboucher2696 we rarely have snow in Brazil. When we do it's only in the south. I'm now living in Florianópolis-SC, it's a city in an island, in the south of Brazil. This year we had a tough winter, so there was snow in the country side of the state (Santa catarina).
The great majority of cities in Brazil are pretty hot all year long. In my birth city, Cuiabá-MT, which is in the "middle" of Brazil, the lowest temperature in winter is around 16° Celsius. But even during winter time the temperatures can get up to 36° Celsius.
EXACTLY what I did lol
omg me too kdhgjd
hello from portugal!!
They are true Canadians lots of respect for are northern comrades
ISS ENTERPISE Lol the original ones and the true sons of canada.
Everyone born in Canada is a true Canadian.
@@crazy10bears even some people not born in Canada are true Canadians. It's the heart that counts here
@@crazy10bears amen
Nobody grew out of the north American continent the natives came here from Russia and we came from the Europe the other way and met in north America , there is no original ownership of any land technically.
Nice video. I think the one important thing that is missing is interaction with the locals.
I agree with you... some locals showing us around would have been a great addition to the video.
Aloke Surin photo shows
Most are drunk or recovering
Dmk Dmk Obviously stereotyping... I grew up in Iqaluit and there are many who do not drink or avoid the bars altogether
7William Qamukaq No race or group has bigger alcohol issues....
I'm so jealous. When this video was made, I had little knowledge of the territories. Nowadays I'm obsessed with Canada's north. I'm planning a trip to the NWT for next summer. Eventually I plan to visit all 3 territories and also visiting in winter. I think the territories are the best part of Canada.
I remember those winters, up in the NWT. I remember one particular 3 week stretch where we never had sun between the cloud cover in the day and the early sunsets. The sun broke through and the entire town shut down, so everyone (including the children at school) could go outside at -40 to spend time in the sun! As a nurse we bundled up the seniors living in the hospital, put the children into the strollers and went outside too. I never loved sun so much as I did that day! haha! Thanks for sharing your time in Iqualuit.
i just wathed this an i m from Iqaluit. and it makes me feel good
It looks like a place you can be happy and have a meaningful life. Cities are no longer interesting.
But the worst place to make a living... i hear everyone is broke there
I'm watching about Iqaluit because I want to come see it!
Have you ever visited America and the UK ? I want to visit Canada one day
Holy crap people! He's from CANADA not Mars!! Of course they have phones and internet up north! Geesh! Educate yourselves before you speak!
I lived in Iqaluit since I was born and I love it and my favourite school is the Joemie school
I live in Alaska, it looks very similar to Barrow! I live in South Central, maybe 60 miles North of Anchorage. Your Province makes me feel at home :)
Same, so you speak Inuktitut? I little bit
I also grew up there
@@palalaska9 I’m also in AK! :D
I'm an engineer and was offered a job in Nunavut...thanks for painting a picture of the future home I would have..cheers and well done
Thank God your turned it down.
What kind of engineer and making how much? That's pretty neat
wao a Engineer, me too.
@J OneLife You can get A JOB anywhere with just HS, just not an engineering job.
cool
Those Canada Goose jackets, eh?
I swear half of Toronto wears them too even though it's no near that cold.
I know it's not even that cold yet! like yeah sure it's pretty cold but it's not FREEZING! this is nothing compared to last winter.
Joanna
I think Canada Goose became a status clothing more than anything else.
+Alan Shore Toronto is sweater weather, come to northern ontario
+Alan Shore It's crazy how "warm" toronto is compared to Montreal, even tho it's not that far ! here we all have a canada goose, and we usually get -15/-25 on any given winter day
Milan Suere
The last time I was in Montreal it seemed that every other person was dressed in Arc'teryx, also not exactly a "budget" brand.
How much of the land there is livable ?
Nunavut.
All of it.
Jack Marentette It all technically is “livable” but barely any of it is actually lived on
ROSS it’s a joke guys
that made me chuckle, so I gave you your 100th thumbs up,
Not too damn much God, you are on the tundra. Everyone lives in the town, there are no " house in the boonies " they all live in town. It's very different and VERY expensive ( a shot of Drabuie $17.00 I nearly died. If you like the cold, that's the place to be. PS. civilian flights to Iqaluit are over $1000.00, hotel you saw in the video, over $300 a night for nothing fancy.
It looks like such a cozy little town, I bet the community there is so close.
You bet...
Real close...
Farzaan Ali wtf is wrong with you?!?!
Not really. There’s a high rate of alcoholism and domestic violence. The crime rate is above the national average too.
Yes really cozy. Ridiculously high suicide rates, alcoholism, extreme boredom.
Now that is the TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE
An abysmal frozen, shit hole?
@Robert Curtis Canada 😂😂😂😂😂
You would have to a Siberian to want to conquer it.
Recién había viajado de México a Vancouver cuando se me presentó la oportunidad de irme a Iquialit por qué se había incendiado el North Mart! Estaba total mente asustado de estar tan lejos de mi país, pero al final fue la mejor experiencia de mi vida, dos veces tuve la oportunidad de ir a trabajar para C&K una compañía de multiservicios! Trabaje también en esa escuela limpiando y aplicando wax a los pisos! Viaje gratis con hospedaje y comida incluida! De verdad que parte de mi corazón se quedó en ese Pueblo y aún que es probable que jamás regrese, le estaré tan agradecido a la gente por su hospitalidad!
There is a beauty in this dark and cold world, but not for everyone. Thank you for Nunavut postcard.
As a lifelong Canadian, I’ve travelled with my sister to the most eastern, Western, and southern, points of Canada, but we’ve never done the north. After seeing this video I am definitely going to start planning a trip for us, there’s something about the serene beauty of it that appeals to me, I suppose it’s not for everybody, but I absolutely love my country and want to know as much of it as I can. It’s a shame most people never travel within our own country because its so expensive, But there are ways around it. Our first trip was back in the early 90s, to the East Coast, in between my chemotherapy treatments, which was a great distraction, and obviously I survived anyways, I think in part to that vacation, because it allowed me to relax and appreciate just how beautiful and huge our country is. When I was on chemotherapy I had very little money, but we managed to see the country by driving, which I love, and by slashing our hotel bill in half like taking one night at a campground, and the other in a hotel. It’s saved us a fortune, so you don’t have to spend a lot of money to explore Canada, you just need to be creative. When we did the West Coast, we flew out to Vancouver, and then run to the car and drove to the most western tip of Canada, after a very long hike, through some of the most beautiful nature on earth, then came the south. For anyone in the Toronto area, this is easy and cheap, it’s only about a 5 Hour Dr. from Toronto, to the ferry that takes you to Pelee Island in Lake Erie, once you’re on Pelee Island you can either camp, which we did, or you can rent a room at a bed-and-breakfast, and above all else do not forget to take a tour of the winery on the island, they make some of the most tasty wines you could imagine. Once you’re on Pelee Island there’s a small peninsula with the sandbar at the end, we walked as far as we possibly could until we were in the water, that’s as far south as Canada goes. There is one other island but it’s completely off-limits to the public, I’m not sure what the deal is but I think it’s a nature preserve run by the government, or, perhaps they don’t want anyone getting that close to the border. So now all that is left for us to do is the far north. We’ve been as far as Moose Factory Island, off the shores of James Bay, but I want to go to the most northern point in all of Canada. This one will cost quite a bit, but I don’t care, I survived three reoccurrences of cancer, I think I deserve a trip. If any of you have been to the most northern point in Canada could you please let me know how you did it? I haven’t really looked into it yet, because we’re not going until next summer, but if you have any advice or any tips as to how to get started looking, I greatly appreciate it. I can’t wait to go, as I said before, even though some call it a deer in the wasteland, I see nothing but tranquil beauty, a place for so few ever get to go, I just have to go before I die. I mean that quite literally, because there’s a good chance the cancer might come back for a fourth time, so I want to get this much travelling in as I can, just in case! Thanks again for sharing the video, you will definitely have to make this one of our stops, it looks really interesting, and it’s so nice to get away from Toronto once in a while, the city is bursting at the seams!
Nice bro
*_Nice bro - deluxe_*
I aint reading all that
that’s long but it’s great
It’s be 5 years since you wrote this, did you make it north??
Here in Northern New England, poutine is everywhere and is part of our fabric, but then again, the lines blur a little between Canada and Northern New England.
adam taylor I live in northern New England
Yeah ... She didn't know i guess but we have poutine everywhere in Canada .... and beaver tails too !!
im from new hampshire
Just ask the person to say "Car"; if they say "Cah" they're from New England, and "Car'" would be a person from Canada or from Philli to Virginia or Florida
I was thinking of doing some work in Nunavut as a registered nurse for a few years to help out some more isolated communities and because the benefits are apparently quite worthwhile. I have never met anyone from this part of Canada so thank you for the video, it was very informative :)
If I lived here I'd probably get really bad seasonal depression
Same
Jay Donagh so you would only be happy during the 3 weeks of summer
Except in summer when you’ll be off your head.
They have the highest rates of suicide per capita in Canada
Eli Golchert can you blame them, it seems terrible
I was born and raised in Iqaluit. It was so great way before the beer and wine store had opened. I miss the sunsetting in the afternoons. The great high school. Everything.
Hard to understand why a beer & wine store would be opened up in places where it becomes a problem. Nothing like enabling, eh. Could think of a hundred other businesses I would open up instead. Just saying.
The thing people don't realize is that literally *everyone* would be better off without booze. It's literal poison, both for the mind and body, no matter who you are.
I really like this video. I lived there for 2 1/2 years and to me the north is a forgotten place sometimes. So for you guys to show the world how beautiful the north is warms my heart.
Sweet
random people :ONTARIO IS SO COLD
Random inuit : ONTARIO IS SO HOT
Who come bc of VLN
The online school
I’m inuit who was born in Iqaluit but moved to Ontario when I was like 1 and I can agree with random people
same people who say ontario is so cold, say its so hot
9 years later RUclips thought it was a good idea to recommend it. I mean they aren’t wrong
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Facts
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RUclips didn’t recommend it. I searched for it
same
I'm teaching my 4th graders about how tilt and orbit gives us seasons. We discuss how some places can receive extended darkness during the winter days and extended light in the summer days. Thank you so much for creating a video that is informational, engaging, and appropriate for children, and therefore a great educational tool for my classroom! The students thoroughly enjoyed it!
I live in the Caribbean. Never seen snow in person in my life and their are people who never been to a beach, saw palm tree or experience the tropical climate (Its either sunny or rainy) living in the Arctic. I just find that a bit amusing.
Salt water is useless you know. Have you been living under a rock? Google the pictured rocks for beaches.
Jay I wish I was in the caribbean. Canada is a horrible place.
"a horrible place"? You should be grateful to be living in Canada, you wouldn't get the same quality of life in the Caribbean that I can assure you. The grass always seems greener on the other side, can't blame you and I'd for sure would like to spend my Januarys in the Caribbean!
Where is south western Canada do you live that you haven't seen palm trees? We have palm trees in Vancouver
funkymunky8787 I have pine trees, snow and ice 7 months of the year in the interior of BC. No palm trees. Going south for the winter here on out. MEXICO!
I love it! An important and rich part of Canada's vast landscape and culture! The Inuit people really connect to me, and so these types of videos really help me research and enjoy learning
Nobody
Absolutely nobody:
RUclips algorithm: Life in Iqaluit Nunavut
LOL ME
Same hahaha
Shitty old meme
JRLOC488 ok boomer
ColdTurkey get gud scrub
have no idea how I ended up here but loved it. these lands are far too unknown and underappreciated. thanks for sharing :)
+Dario Iulianella You know, back in the 1980s, I wanted to visit Yellowknife, NWT and Churchill, Manitoba back in 1987. Never made it there with my late Uncle Edgar, he died in Rangoon, Burma on December 6, 2007. Such big plans and never made it there. I have to go by myself then! Gasoline prices are high there too.
The place is charming albeit depressing lol. I must lay a visit one day. RUclips had brought us all together again.
You see Frobisher Bay? Oxygen. We get more oxygen from phytoplankton in the ocean than we do trees, anywhere from 50 to 80%.
Susan Laude .plus, not just trees go through photosynthesis
I worked in a hotel where nasa scientist worked on that fact it was very interesting to see they stayed in NL st. John's
I'm over 6 years 'late' in viewing, but great video!
***** I guess there are others who are tired of modern society, and want to move to a place where there aren't too many people?
haha, same here!!
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you're at least not almost 8 years late unlike me
Same here, almost december haha, and why tf am I watching it lol
i grew up in southern BC and my neighbors actually moved from Iqaluit.
Nice to finally put a place to their stories lol
Hey everyone - Alex here (the girl in this video). Luke and I are thrilled so many of you have enjoyed watching this over the past 4 years. We appreciate the comments and wanted to let you know that we have many other videos, including this one that shows a little bit more about our time in Iqaluit (some of you have been asking for more on Nunavut) - Monday Evening with Alex and Luke: Ep 31. And if you like this video, you may also enjoy one we made outside of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories about the Dene Hand Games (it's my favourite video). Watch it here: Dene Hand Games Championship in Behchoko 2011
I love you... do you love me too? :)
just viewed this video, great work will check out other work for sure
above law She doesnt love me :(
What time of the year did you visit? Since you didn't look too cold. Since right now the weather is around -30.
Also how much did it cost you to visit (i.e. your flight cost)?
Thank you!
+alexandluke .com would LOVE to speak to you guys more about your arctic adventures in nunavut! we have a group planning an excursion there next year and are in the planning stages currently.. would love to hear any tips and discuss specifics if you could spare the time :)
I will visit Iqaluit in Nunavut.. !!
Looks like Greenland.
I totally agree. Greenland would be about the same latitude of the world as this.
The Rarest Gamer I'm born in Nuuk. The sctructures and architects are differents than Iqaluit.
I genuinely hate cold temperatures even in southern Canada, but despite this visiting the Yukon and Nunavut are at the peak of my bucket list!
We are a grade 4 class from Barrie Ontario and we want to let you know that we found your video very helpful. We are learning about the Arctic and your video help us learn more about how people experience life there.
I lived in San Diego, California all my life.
I think I've been exposed to cold weather like, 16 times.
I couldn't do that.
Except I do want to visit the North. I want to see:
-Fairbanks, AK
-Anchorage, AK
-Barrow, AK
-Vancouver
-Yellowknife
-Winnepeg
-Nunavut
-Toronto
-Quebec City
-Moncton
-Nuuk, Greenland
"Tis a big and beautiful World. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us." -Oberyn Martell
Don't worry about Vancouver it's not cold
I'm from Moncton, you really wanna come here?
Toronto isn't much different climate-wise than Detroit or Cleveland, and Montreal and Quebec City are similar to upstate New York climate-wise. And Vancouver is very much like Seattle. But it's when you get to places like Iqaluit, Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Inuvit, Tuktoyatuk, Fairbanks, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, AK and Barrow that it seems like you're in a very different part of the world, even though they're all in the USA or Canada.
I'm from near Toronto. Today it was -17C, with the windchill felt like -26C. Its hurts the skin lol. I envy your warmth! Although as I was walking through the snow today, I was thinking, wow, some people have never even seen or felt this before. And the way the snow crunches under your boots is such a lovely sound and feeling.
I'm dying to go to the territories and Alaska tho!! :)
@@christophernerd170 lmao true! Vancouver is basically warm all year round lol
I lived in Yellowknife for a few years and this brought back memories. Similar in certain ways. Great video!
This was so interesting to watch. I'm from Pennsylvania (United States). went to Toronto in November and LOVED it. first time visiting Canada. Toronto was too cold for me so I couldnt imagine how cold it must be up there!! looks so bleak and desolate yet such a sense of community!
An Alberta Teacher here, You're video is beyond perfect for my class of grade 2's who are studying Iqaluit as one community in Canada. I can't thank you enough. Now I need the same video shot in Meteghan, NS...I'll see if I can get my division to send me if you can't go;) Thanks again.
+Mrs. Kerry I love the French shore of Nova Scotia. I'm originally from Annapolis Royal. :))
Wow, you're a teacher and you don't know how to use 'your' and 'you're' properly? I pray for your children.
Lol
yeah she's a TEACHER
"Your" a teacher ?
Nothing like living in da north..I loved in Iceland from 72 to 74.highly recommend.
Dad worked for a time in frobisher bay cause he had 8 kids that needed things..he was an electrician and lived til he was 87.. that means I got 9 yrs to go if lucky. . Gr8 video folks.ta
Great video. I had the pleasure of visiting Iqaluit last fall for a few days - 7 year after your visit. It was an amazing visit and experience. Wished I knew about the burger place, I was lucky enough to find a pretty decent pizza, and visited that Tim's regularly. There's another in Iqaluit now. It was my first ever self-service Tim's experience. What threw me a little was how many locals are selling Inuit arts and crafts in the pub and other places you don't expect to meet someone that says "hey, you want to buy a carving?". It was like the gift shop that walks by you. I saw all sorts of cool work and some that wasn't as great but the opportunity to see the great art and talk with them for a moment, while I had my pizza and beer under a massive polar bear skin wall covering, is currently one of the neatest things I have done.
I play hockey with a guy who took a year off to accept a job in Iqaluit. He got so depressed at one point during a terrible snowstorm he actually contemplated walking out the door and to just keep walking. Seriously, he was ready to die. This is a true story.
I seriously wish there were bigger cities further north, because i love the cold and snow but i don’t enjoy being in small towns.
That’s sad. I can’t even take winters in New York because I get so depressed
@@fyaunzaunis it true? I have a job interview to go there.
@alejandramarquez6804 it's true if you're a native with alcohol problems. Most of the suicides are linked to alcoholism
@@hollowkid97a link to alcoholism is just another link to misery. Substance abuse is a symptom of the problem not the cause you absolute fucking moron.
Been to Iqaluit twice and spent 6 months in Alert with the Canadian Forces. Such a wild experience.
how did u come with Canadian forces.
Nicely done! Thank you. I'll be sharing this today with my geography class at the international school in Lagos, Nigeria as we are studying ways of life in Canada and have talked about Nunavut.
Being from the States, I got to study in Toronto a couple of years ago, and I adore almost 100% of everything I've learned about Canada. I need to live there...
+DontrelleRoosevelt I hope you can join us. We'd love to have you my friend. #Peace
You took the words right out of my mouth! Hope you do come up!
Agreed. To the U.S., send us your huddled masses, yearning for universal healthcare, paid maternity leave and strict environmental regulations.
stay out you philthy yank
Taht's it. I'm going to start building a wall.
Alex, what I've always found interesting about the Canadian Arctic is what appeared in the addresses section: the Inuit syllabics, one of which appeared on the stop sign.
Back in '84, I drove solo to Alaska from northern Illinois, and got as far north as about 30 miles/48km north of Fairbanks. However, earlier in the trip, when I was in Anchorage, I boarded a plane for a 2-day tour of Nome (sub arctic) and Kotzebue (26mi./42km north of the Arctic Circle, where I got to see the midnight sun.
Really enjoyed watching this video! Thank you for sharing life in the Canadian Arctic with us. I've always wondered what it was like living in those extreme cold places. And I thought North Dakota was cold already!
So cool seeing a brother and sister travel, and make videos together.
I greatly appreciate videos like this. Greetings from San Diego CA
Great job, guys! I own a school that teaches Canadian culture, the Canadian English Centre, in Curitiba, Brazil and we recently promoted a debate, in one of the advanced classes, about the streets with no names in Iqaluit. I sent the link of your video to each participant. You have shared your experience in a very interesting and enthralling way, and all in just nine minutes! Masterpiece! :-)
Thats so cool!
+Ray von Schmalz That is so cool!
+Ray von Schmalz Either in Japan the streets have no name
Did you go to Brazil to make money or do you really like it over there? I know Brazilian girls are amazing. That might be a reason too eh?
Don't forget Thailand and the Philippines.
here on the Navajo Reservation we use PO box numbers and when you purchase items that need to be delivered to your house it can be hard. But some of the people have made up their own shipping address and some of the UPS guys been here long enough to find the place.
Thank you
I went on a holiday to Iqaluit in the late 1980's because my brother lived and worked there.It was the month of April and it was stil 20 below.I went snowmobiling with him to the apex.We went across this lake and then there were this small mountains that looked like caps.There was a trail right in the middle.The mountains were on either side.We also went tubing down some hills.My brother sold Inuit art and carvings.Thank-you for your video.
This was great to show my Grade 2 class in our Global Communities class. They loved it and had SO many questions about Iqaluit after!!!
Thanks so much for this! It’s legit the best travel video I’ve seen :) super informative about the place rather than just showing yourself off with the area in the background (like so many other travel vlogs). Quite the delight to watch :)
Thanks for sharing very nice video and useful comments 👌👌👌
Love your video , I go to Iqaluit , greetings from Monterrey, Mexico ! :)
@Nicholas Major wtf
@Nicholas Major she speaks Spanish stupid
Did you go by yourself for pleasure or studying? I'm from Monterrey too
@Nicholas Major you should understand that English is not her first language..
Lol I'm from Canada and now living in Ireland, when I asked for a
poutine they had no idea. I explained how it's made and they're like sounds gross. They have no idea what they are missing
funky winkerbeans
poutine tabarnak
DeathNikki not really..mostly chips
funky winkerbeans
Are chips eaten with gravy all over Ireland (both parts), in certain areas only, or not at all?
funky winkerbeans have you ever been to America before?
James Mckay yup most parts
Nice video tour. I have lived in Churchill, Manitoba for 10 of my last 12 years now. Canada's is quite facinating. And expensive to to get to.
I wish you featured conversations with the people in this segment.
really wish i could visit this territory someday, but the ticket is hella expensive even from toronto
How much roughly?
getfitdit its $3000 a ticket.....that is ridiculously expensive
T Jacksun HA! Drive? I take it you failed geography in high-school? XD
:3 noo you need to fly.. I wish it were that easy.
Lol u can't drive there are no roads to nunavut
Just found this video by pure chance, but I really loved it! Iqaluit seems to be a very interesting place to visit. Greetings from Ecuador! ✌️
Most places in Iqaluit has improved so much compared to when this video was published.
I don't think so
n n, I don't think so. But you can buy Pizza Hut food from Quickstops
The weather is aweful huh i cannot trade the Beauty and weather of BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Depends where in bc. Vancouver sucks
My name is MIA Autut and I am from from Rankin inlet Nunavut and the weather is not least bad you know .you can't say that of you never been here
I was perusing Google Earth and noticed this territory... Thanks for the video 👍
My dream vacation would be Baffin Island Nunavut. I would love to look at doing some seasonal work in the Arctic during the summer months from May to August. I hate the heat and humidity, so travelling to the Arctic would help me to escape it.
Did you do it
The video is almost like two people from a large urban area who show up in a place that they haven't researched seemingly at all. Nor did they bother to interact with the people who are residents (thereby adding the human touch) and answering all their questions to give us insights instead of just guessing or verbalizing those questions to their... viewers(!?) "A" for effort (distance involved) but "C" for delivery and production values. Both nice people who I'm sure will learn as they go along.
I watch this in 2023, the quality of video is so nice and great vlog
Wish you would of mentioned the prices there. Such as buying a house, the poutine you had for lunch or some of the items in the North Mart. I hear everything is very expensive there
+Bin Dardundat Let's see,
the company I worked for offered me $1200 a month for groceries. I'd run out of allowance after my 3rd week of shopping. I.e going for "wings night" at a local bar will cost you $40 for 2lbs wings.. a can of Budweiser is $10.. you imagine the rest.
😳👀
@@hovseptavitian661 Shouldn´t be eating the wings of murdered animals.
@@bestronglivelong3138 STFU moron. I eat what I want.
It is, I was a little kid when I lived there and dropped a gallon of milk with it spilling all across the snow, my parents were not happy as it was $7 a gallon then, and I hear its even more now! I can watch the video and see exactly where I dropped it infront of the store, great memories!
I lived there and everyday was a beautiful landscape...I felt like on Another planet !
Worked at the igloo school....across from Nortmart 💗 ✝️🙏🏼✝️🇨🇦💗
When is the best time to travel there? Thanks
wow. this is so beautiful Thank you so much for sharing this.
It blows my mind that there's a Tim Horton's downstairs at my office in Shanghai, China! Amazing world. Oh, and that playground too! That was an incredible sight
Flexing on us with your $1000 Canada Goose jackets.
Pressa watching like :these are my children
I’m considering moving to Iqaluit so this video was informative and helpful. Thanks
I’m not even Canadian but it was on my recommendations!
르솔 same
Here 9 years later exactly because RUclips's algorithm....Nice video though! Love it
Thank u for a great tour....i would like to visit there!!
Fascinating, I've always wanted to visit the territories!! So cool to see this, I hope to go one day ❤
Thanks a lot guys for making and sharing this video... I might have an opportunity to head up there so it's really great to see what's it's like up there :) Thanks!
Lol “❤️ shack” 😂 great great video! No excess talking straight to the point! Very well done! 👏🏽👏🏽
I would enjoy seeing how the roads and power lines were built
'We are here at the high school craft fair, we are going to see some really good stuff', proceeds to not show us the stuff
This is incredibly cool! A google deep dive led me here, and i hope there are more vides out there about this place, the art, history, locals.. etc.
Thanks for your video. It's been very helpful. I'm an author writing a new novel, "The Gymnos Contagion," and am researching northern Canadian territories and towns for parts of it. Your video was very informative for this town and helpful in my research. Thanks!
I wish I could go there but it's so expensive!
Damien Green really it's expensive 😢💓
Just found this! really enjoyed learning more about Nunavut, had a good chuckle as the video quality made me believe it was recent, then after I saw the iPhone 3 I checked the date and laughed
Yeesh, it gets cold enough for long enough for me down here in central PA. Enjoy looking at northern Canada, but as for visiting or living there, I'm having Nunavut.
Frank Burns Hello from a fellow central Pennsylvanian 👋
I would love to visit especially during midnight sun
I want to go there because of the weather. :)
Great weather in winter for snowmobiles
Weekly blizzard is aight after a 2 years living there
I lived in Iqaluit 1989-1991! (I was only 6 years old at the time)
I Miss it, and can't wait to visit again one day!
Really?
for the longest time, I thought no one lived up there
Oh
Theres a lot of islands in the north of canada where no one lives some islands being the size of a small country.
I watched couple of times this video and loved every time😊
Worked in resolute bay...on our way there..got stranded in iqaluit for 4 days..flights cancelled due to bad weather...once there..it was one the best mad unforgettable experience s of my life...
Poutine with oregano and small pieces of chicken is absolutely delicious
Compared to much of Nunavut, this place is downright livable. Average high temperatures are above freezing for nearly 5 months of the year instead of the 3 months in the northern Arctic islands. Average summer highs get to over 10 C / 50 F rather than the 7 C / 44 F of the northern Arctic islands. Average lows are below -20 C / -4 F for only 4 months of the year compared to 6 months of the year in the northern Arctic islands. And July and August are usually snow-free whereas in the far north even those months get snow. Usually Iqaluit goes about 2.5 to 3 months between their last snow in the spring and first snow in the fall.
Who am I kidding, Iqaluit's climate is complete donkey. But it's one of the better climates in Nunavut. Arviat is even better (but still pretty crap).
January 29, 2020 12:03 am
Depends on your perspective. The average number of 90F highs in Miami is 135 which, when coupled with the oppressive humidity, becomes just as unlivable as a climate that's cold the majority of the year. There is no free climate
@@caesarsneezer6992 literal facts. I was in Florida for the summer June and july 2022 and my eyeballs sweated and so did everywhere places that shouldn’t ever sweat sweated.
@@caesarsneezer6992 Michigan is perfect. We got super cold and super hot but it’s never that way for very long.
@@ShawnTufford I'm half hour west of Ann Arbor in MI as well. Don't have to run ac until early June. 4 full seasons although spring could be a little longer.
I love the video tour and comment ... so many different things to think about with life in the Far North of Canada. It’s on my bucket list !
Thanks for posting this! I didn't know about the shipping containers.
you left out soo many answers to important questions.
demographics?
language?
culture?
what are the primary Industries what do people do for fun on and on and on and on what is the population Etc
Nunavut is about 1.7 million square kilometres and the population is about 36,000. 84% of which identify as Inuit ( arctic aboriginal people). Most people in Nunavut speak Inuktitut and their culture is too rich and complicated to completely go over in this comment. Fishing and Mining are the two largest industries in Nunavut and the province’s GDP is expected to grow 9.2 % in the next 5 years
Thank you. Say hello to Uncle George and family for me...
A d some of the disturbing things that happen there
Problem with this video it is so much laughter and silliness surrounding the two people who visited there instead of interacting with locals and really showing more information about such a fascinating community and location.
Thanks! Wonderful video. My wife and I recently saw the movie which was shot there, which we both really liked. We live in Michigan, but for many years I've had a fascination with up north, maybe especially after a visit to Toronto many years ago when we first learned about Glenn Gould's ideas in that direction. Yes, I am sure that as cold as it is, it SHOULD be much colder there. We hope to visit northern Canada sometime before long, probably one summer, since we both teach school. (So far, Thunder Bay is the farthest up we've ever been, and that was many years ago.) I will certainly share your video with my students. The movie, if I recall, emphasized the racial tensions. Any thoughts on that? Does Canada have special programs to increase Inuit acceptance and enrollment in university education. They've destroyed many of those kinds of programs here in the US.