Arctic Facts, Figures and Archives

An excerpt from a miscellany of the Canadian North. The full set appears in the print edition of the November 2007 issue.
| by Daniel Aldana Cohen & Paul Isaacs; illustrations by Sabine Klaus
In 2004–05, a 5-lb bag of potatoes cost $7.49 in Clyde River, Nunavut, $9.56 in Holman, NWT, and $4.09 in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik. The same bag cost $3.29 in Yellowknife and $2.29 in Montreal.
Photograph by Ilja Herb

“My Doomed Voyage” (July/August 2006)
Holidaying on a Russian freighter
by Helen Humphreys
Photography by RDM Studios

“The Hunter Who Happens to Make Movies” (May 2006)
The art of Zacharias Kunuk
by Denis Seguin

“Mush Rush” (April 2006)
Mushrooms in Canada
by Lawrence Millman
Photography by Darlyne A. Murawski

“At the Floe Edge” (September 2005)
On the hunt in Igloolik with Zacharias Kunuk
by Denis Seguin

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2 comment(s)

AnonymousOctober 23, 2007 10:36 EST

I Trust this should be "Minus 27.2 C" in item 27 of Arctic Facts, Figures and Archives, quoted below:

"The average forecast high in January is 27.2°C;"

Pat T (Walrus staff)October 23, 2007 11:10 EST

Has been corrected - thanks!

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