Join the residents of Iqaluit as they shake off the cabin fever of a long winter during Toonik Tyme, an unpretentious, week-long community festival celebrating Arctic culture—old and new. Grab a puck and play pond hockey or strap on cross-country skis, harness yourself to a sled dog and join a “skijoring” race. Follow the sound of a rock band into a high school and find yourself in the middle of an Inuit jam session.
Kite-ski across frozen Frobisher Bay. Bait a line and go ice fishing. Play ice golf, hitting your fluorescent ball across the sea ice. Learn traditional Inuit string games and try your hand at carving a polar bear. Dance a jig to a fiery Northern fiddle and swallow your shyness to give throat singing a try. Savour a bowl of hot caribou stew or nibble muktuk (whale skin and blubber) at a community feast where you can listen to the elders’ storytelling and get them to teach you how to say ikkii (“it’s cold!” in Inuktitut).
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