When I first flew north to
Iqaluit, it felt like landing on the moon. It was June but Baffin Island’s rocky tundra was dusted with snow and much of the nearby Arctic Ocean was frozen. Then the compact Nunavut capital came into view and with it, rows of houses — some colourful, some drab — where 7,740 people live along Frobisher Bay in Canada’s youngest and smallest capital city. I dropped my bags at the
Frobisher Inn and started exploring — after getting a pronunciation lesson. It’s “noo-nah-voot” and “ee-kha-loo-eet.”
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