In 2016, I went to Canada's Arctic to work for the Census as an enumerator. We went in February: known for being cold in southern Canada, let alone the Arctic. It was a great experience.
I haven't really had the opportunity to share the pictures I took on these trips, but most Canadians don't end up going to these places so I thought I'd share. Enjoy!
I went to Nunavut for the 2016 Census,
to enumerate households door to door for 5 weeks.
We worked every day, so I snapped a photo whenever I could.
2016 population of Nunavut: 35, 944
Visiting dumps have become a hobby when I'm in the North:
I've been to the Yukon's Dawson City Dump (great second hand/salvage shop),
the Yellowknife Dump (NWT) - extremely well organized,
Cambridge Bay dump (Arctic foxes roam at night), and Iqualuit's.
This is the Elder Palace, a community centre where Elders offer programming.
I went to the sewing night, to learn to sew fur on my coat. I bought the fur at the grocery store.
Most locals make their own coats.
"Uniform" means everything you brought, layered.
The coldest day I witnessed (with windchill) was -59 degrees Celsius.
in the summer, more people are away trapping.
I worked at DFO for 4 years in Winnipeg, where Marty also worked.
It was strange to suddenly see his name in the middle of the Arctic,
the boat named after him after he died in a plane crash near Resolute, Nunavut in 2011.
just a distance out, then loops back so that you can feel like you're getting out of town for a bit.
All of Nunavut is fly-in only, no roads.
