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The first layer of ice is seen on the Koksoak River near Kuujjuaq on Nov. 5. The river’s ice has since thickened and become coated with snow. (Photo by Maxence Chavanne)

It was a silent night on Thursday, Dec. 3 when the Christmas lights that adorn Nunavut’s legislature were turned on. In years past the event, part of the Christmas lights across Canada program, would draw crowds in the hundreds. This year, because of the pandemic, there was nothing. “Although public health guidelines concerning large gatherings did not allow us to hold the traditional lighting ceremony at the legislative assembly, we warmly invite Nunavummiut to view our display of festive lights,” said Paul Quassa, Speaker of the legislative assembly. “During this challenging and unprecedented time, it is more important than ever that we draw strength from the spirit of the season.” (Photo by Dustin Patar)

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The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen is seen near Iqaluit as the sun sets and water vapour rises off the freezing ocean on Nov. 30. It was the ship’s final day in Frobisher Bay for the year before returning to more southerly waters. (Photo by Frank Reardon)

Iqaluit’s sky turns bright orange as the sun sets on Monday, Nov. 30, at 1:30 p.m., as seen from the dining room of Letia Obed. The ship in the bay is the fuel tanker Kitikmeot W. (Photo by Letia Obed)

Firefighters battle a house fire in Cambridge Bay during the evening of Monday, Dec. 1, in the dark and subzero temperatures. The residents of the home escaped without serious injury. “Tonight we faced adversity and challenge, however, we are happy that everyone is okay and together as a community are able to come together,” said Mayor Pamela Gross in a statement on social media. (Photo courtesy of Richard Webster)

Clyde River’s Ilisaqsivik Society has been working to deliver a full turkey dinner to everyone in the community during the Nunavut’s territory-wide COVID-19 lockdown, with support from Baffinland Iron Mines & Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. “We’re getting ready to send out the remaining turkeys and other dinner items, and hope to have them delivered to your homes as soon as possible,” the society wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, Nov. 30. (Photo courtesy of Ilisaqsivik/Facebook)

Charlie Arngak of Kangiqsujuaq will be awarded the Order of Military Merit for almost 50 years of active service in the Canadian Rangers. The award was announced by the Rangers Nov. 24 during Kativik Regional Government council meetings. Arngak, 67, is also an executive member of the KRG regional council. “His experience over the years in the self-sufficient mobile forces working in some of the most isolated and remote terrain in the country has made him a mentor and a highly respected member of his unit,” said Benoit Mainville, lieutenant-colonel with the 2nd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group. The Governor General will award the medal to Arngak in the new year. (Photo courtesy of KRG)

The freezing Koksoak River is seen from the Range neighbourhood of Kuujjuaq at dawn on Nov. 22. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

The rising sun shines upon the backbone of a beluga whale near Iqaluit on Nov. 19. (Photo by Frank Reardon)

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A ptarmigan, or aqigqiq, caught by Etua Snowball cooks over a log fire during an outing at Tasialuk Lake, just outside Kuujjuaq, on Nov. 15. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

The first class of Nunavik’s Institutional and Homecare Assistance program graduated this month. The program was launched by Kativik Ilisarniliriq and the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services last year to train people to care for Nunavimmiut who are sick, injured or have lost autonomy. Graduates are pictured from left: Levina Ittulak (Kuujjuaq), Nancy Watt (Kuujjuaq), Susie Annatok (Quaqtaq), Louisa Etok (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Natalie Shipaluk (Kuujjuaq, absent from photo), Eva Sequaluk (Kuujjuaq) and Maggie Saunders (Kuujjuaq). (Photo courtesy of NRBHSS)