What is Igloolik known for?
Igloolik is also the home-base of the only Inuit circus, Artcirq. This collective is active in video-making, music production and live circus show performances.
Who lives in Igloolik?
This little island, inhabited 4,000 years ago, consists of 95% Inuit population. Igloolik comes alive in the summer months, when the sun never sets, with music festivals and circus performances by Artcirq, the only Inuit circus troupe in the world.
What are some places to visit in Nunavut?
10 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Nunavut
- Baffin Island. Baffin Island.
- Auyuittuq National Park. Auyuittuq National Park | Mike Beauregard / photo modified.
- Iqaluit. Flag waving in the wind.
- Ellesmere Island.
- Quttinirpaaq National Park.
- Sirmilik National Park.
- Naujaat (Repulse Bay)
- Belcher Islands.
Is Igloolik a dry community?
Communities decide on bans Nunavut has 12 communities with an alcohol education committee that regulate and can restrict alcohol use. Those communities are: Arctic Bay, Cape Dorset, Chesterfield Inlet, Clyde River, Hall Beach, Igloolik, Kimmirut, Naujaat, Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq, Resolute Bay and Whale Cove.
How far is Igloolik from North Pole?
Throughout the Arctic, Igloolik is famous both for its fermented walrus meat and for the way the people of this stark and spirited land survive. It is not that the 1,200 people in this hamlet roughly 1,200 miles from the North Pole have perfectly preserved their traditional way of life.
How do you get to Baffin Island?
No roads lead to Nunavut, so the only way to reach Baffin Island is to fly. Regularly scheduled flights connect Iqaluit with Ottawa and Montreal, and there are also flights via Rankin Inlet from Winnipeg and Churchill in Manitoba and Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories.
Are there any towns on Baffin Island?
Major settlements include the Baffin Island towns of Iqaluit (the regional headquarters and territorial capital), Pangnirtung (Panniqtuuq), Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik), and Cape Dorset (Kingnait), as well as Igloolik (Iglulik) on Melville Peninsula.
When should I go to Baffin Island?
The preferred season for navigating the Arctic waters of surrounding Nunavut, where Baffin Island is located, is late July (preferably not any earlier) through August and September.
Why is alcohol prohibited in Nunavut?
The Nunavut hamlet of Grise Fiord is temporarily banning alcohol in the normally unrestricted community because of COVID-19. The ban is already in effect.
Is alcohol prohibited in Nunavut?
About liquor in Nunavut Each of Nunavut’s 25 communities can choose whether to allow, restrict or prohibit liquor in their municipality. Community members make this choice by voting in plebiscites. The three liquor systems currently used in Nunavut are prohibited, restricted or unrestricted.