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Josephee Adams, 70, is Nunavut’s first recipient of a COVID-19 vaccine. Adams, a resident of the Iqaluit Elders’ Centre, received the vaccine today from public health nurse Susie Pearce. (Image courtesy of the Government of Nunavut)

Kuujjuaq children gathered Dec. 30 to toboggan and play games like tug-of-war organized by the northern village’s education committee. “It was beautiful to witness many kids have fun and laugh,” said committee member Lavinia Flaherty. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu shared the best director award at the first Indigenous Screen Awards held at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival Dec. 31 for their work on Restless River, seen here being filmed in April 2018 in Kuujjuaq. Restless River’s lead actress, Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, also received a nomination for best actress. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Miali Aliqatuqtuq enjoys the afternoon sky from her living room window at home in Qikiqtarjuaq Dec. 28. (Photo by M. Aliqatuqtuq)

Two fireworks shows will be held on New Year’s Eve in Iqaluit, the city announced Thursday. The displays will start at 6 p.m. and midnight to welcome in the new year 2024. (File photo by Dustin Patar)

The northern lights glow above the tundra outside Kugluktuk on a cold night (-37 C) on Dec. 20. (Photo by Mathieu Dumond / Umingmak Productions Inc.)

A conspiracy of ravens is spotted out scavenging for food around Tundra Valley in the waning daylight Dec. 28, following a two-day blizzard that hit Iqaluit and communities in the region. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)

Robert Kautuk gazes at the northern lights while wearing a headlamp just outside Clyde River on Dec. 14. (Photo by Robert Kautuk)

Water vapour rises off the freezing Koksoak River near Kuujjuaq on the morning of Dec. 17. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

From left: Cheryl Siusangnark, Johnny Tagornak and Franklin Tegumiar won the Naujaat co-op store’s traditional clothing contest on Dec. 21. They received prizes ranging from $100 to $200. (Photo courtesy of the Naujaat Co-op)

Naujaat residents decked themselves out in clothing made from polar bear, seal, caribou and fox Dec. 21 to participate in their co-op store’s annual traditional clothing contest. (Photo courtesy of the Naujaat Co-op)

Children in Kuujjuaq play hockey at an outdoor rink in the middle of town on Dec. 9. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

The northern lights dance around a Christmas tree in Iqaluit’s Tundra Ridge neighbourhood in the week leading up to Christmas. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

Kuujjuaq residents gather in front of the northern village office for the lighting of Christmas trees on Dec. 21. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada produced this holiday card with the help of Inuk photographer Kristian Binder, who took the image with a drone to respect social distancing. It’s of Tanya Gruben of Inuvik, who is seen lying on an ice road. (Image courtesy of Pauktuutit)

Santa Claus and his helpers distribute candies and other presents — such as hats, gloves and mitts — during a tour around Kuujjuaq on a municipal flat bed truck dubbed Rudolph on Sunday, Dec. 20. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Santa Claus, his helpers and the Grinch paid a visit to Kuujjuaq on Sunday, Dec. 20. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

The Kitikmeot Inuit Association is distributing packages of meat to about 1,600 Inuit households in western Nunavut over the next four months. The first packages, distributed over the weekend, include hamburgers, seasoned chicken, ground beef, breakfast sausages, prime rib steaks, sirloin steaks, Swiss steaks, beef strips, chicken drumsticks and thighs, pork chops and pork side ribs. The program is funded with $5.8 million from the federal government to alleviate hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Richard Webster)

After being delayed by a territory-wide lockdown earlier in the month and snowed out on Saturday, Dec. 20, St. Nick finally made his way through the streets of Iqaluit for the city’s annual Santa Claus parade on Sunday. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

A Canadian North flight takes off from Kuujjuaq late in the afternoon of Dec. 16. (Photo by Allen Gordon)

Oolai Qaunirq retreives ptarmigan, or aqiggiq, he caught along Kuujjuaq’s Ippialuk Road on Sunday morning, Dec. 13. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)