Iqaluit: population 6184 and a man riding a polar bear

Well, i'm finally here. Iqaluit. Upon entering the capital of Nunavut, and its largest city, my polar bear had trouble, eventually collapsing, It puked up an intact copy of the current climatograph of Iqaluit.

No, I don't know why the climatograph compared itself to tokyo, but it seems fairly accurate.

This data suggests that Nunavut is a polar desert region, with little precipitation year-round. It is constantly cold or cool, depending on the time of year. I observed the graph until my polar bear was well enough to carry me again.

Entering the city, I find more useless handicrafts being sold at gift stores as authentic Inuit art. It seems that this is a big industry here.From some of the locals who were not scared of a wild man witha gun wearing snowshoes riding a polar bear, I learned some of the history of Iqaluit. Iqaluit was founded in World War II as a refueling airbase for the americans. In the 50s it was part of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW), which was a system of radio stations part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to protect North American sovereignty in the North.  In the early 60s, the Candian government established permanent services there, like schools and doctors. In response, the population exploded rapidly. In 1963, ICBM's rapidly diminished the usefulness of DEW and NORAD, so the American's pulled out of Iqaluit, the called Frobisher Bay. These events set the stage for Iqaluit to be chosen as capital of Nunavut.

Before I had to leave on my secret mission, I got visit a few notable buildings, like the Anglican church of Saint Jude, and the government building for the Capital of Nunavut.

Even their churches are Igloos.

Though not Anglican myself, I thought the church was unique among churches. One of the deacons there informed me of the religious demographics of Nunavut. 58% of the population is Anglican, 23 % is Catholic, and 4% of the population is Pentcostal.Together, 93.2% of the population is Christian. Apparently the priests here know what they're doing.  After visiting the Church, I decided to visit the Government building.

Known to some as the Evil Palace Of Repression.

They filled me in on some additional demographics on the region. 84.8% of the population is ethnically Inuit, and 69.54% of the population's mother tongue is Inuktitut. I think this is interesting compared to the rest of Canda, where the population is hardly Inuit.I was also detailed with some problems Nunavut is experiencing.
 Most of the population lives below the poverty line. This is caused by overfishing and exploitation of natural resources. because Nunavut is a resource based economy (mostly based on mining and furs) it is vulnerable to out-of-country interference. In coming years they will also be at the forefront of potential wars for resources in the Arctic, which the Canadian government is trying to ready them for.

We are the little Eskimos. The monster is America.

I felt much more educated about the Arctic now. Next stop: Clyde River.