Thin ice strands outpost camp residents

IQALUIT – As of our press-time this week, two families from the Kujait and Aulatsiviarvik outpost camps near Iqaluit were still unable to make their way to Iqaluit to join Christmas festivities and pick up some badly-needed store-bought supplies.

Iqaluit hunter Goola Nakasuk told a packed house at Iqaluit’s parish hall this week that he needs help to bring the familes back to the community, and that they’re running out of supplies.

Because the ice on Frobisher Bay isn’t think enough for them to travel on, the families haven’t been able to make their customary Christmas visits to Iqaluit, Nakasuk said.

But he said the families may try to come into Iqaluit via the land.