Brrrr!!
Rankin Inlet. I think that this is the largest centre that I've worked in- maybe second largest town next to Iqaluit? Airport is going through a huge expansion, there are two or 3 Tim Hortons, the Health Centre has 2 floors... But it has been cold. The cold days have been only mid minus 30's, but windchills on the windy days are in the "feels like -60". Ya, I'll agree with that! The Health Centre is right accross the street from the hotel (motel?) that I am staying at- maybe a 100 yards door to door if that. The Northern store is up the hill past the Centre- maybe a 15 minute walk. I take the snowmobile track not the roadway- I don't know really which is safer... The Northern is pretty well stocked and much more variety that the smaller communities stores. Conveniently, there is a meat packaging plant a block over from the Northern that cuts, packages and ships local caught product- so I stopped in and picked up a kilo of cubed stewing muskox! The guy was...