September brings freezing temperatures to Grise Fiord

Arnarulunnguaq Audlaluk captured this image of the sun setting over Grise Fiord on Sunday. Sunset this week is occurring at about 10:50 p.m. in the hamlet of approximately 150 people. The high temperature in Nunavut’s northernmost hamlet has been hovering a couple of degrees above freezing since the start of September, while lows dipped below 0 C at the end of August, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The seven-day forecast calls for temperatures between 0 C and -4 C with sunshine until Saturday, a cloudy Sunday and a chance of flurries on Monday. (Photo by Arnarulunnguaq Audlaluk)