Inuvik

I arrived!
No pictures yet...I still need to get a card for the camera.  Its been alright so far, only -20 but surprisingly doesn't feel all that cold.  Sun comes up around 11:30am and sets around 4pm but that time frame is starting to narrow very fast.  The town is pretty cute, population 3500.  All of the houses are built on platform sorta things and no basements because of the permafrost.  If they were built right on the ground it would cause it to thaw and then shift (it stays frozen all year round!).  Groceries are crazy expensive...I had to go to 3 grocery stores to get everything I needed, one has good veggies, one has a deli, and the third has everything else...after all that it cost about $160 and I got home unloaded and realized I really didn't even have anything!  The produce is horrible cause right now the only way to get up here is to fly so they have to fly all the food and everything in!  During the summer they have a ferry and then during the winter they have an ice road to get up here, but until the roads totally freeze, flying is the only way! 


Ok thats all for now.