Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, speaks in Ottawa after visiting Nunavut on April 9 as part of an 11-day tour of Canada discussing water safety and sanitation with Indigenous stake-holders and government officials. (Photo by Jorge Antunes)
Two beluga whales and a bowhead whale are spotted from a charter flight in this image captured Feb. 3 by Air Inuit pilot Alek Airo, of Kuujjuaq. These whales were seen about 96 kilometres south of Kinngait, he said. (Photo by Alek Airo, special to Nunatsiaq News)
A pool of water flows near the Iqaluit breakwater as temperatures were forecasted to rise to 3 C Monday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The City of Iqaluit warned people in a public service announcement to drive slowly due to roads that remained slippery before the mercury rises. The Iqaluit District Education Authority closed schools for the morning due to the icy conditions, and later announced Aqsarniit, Inuksuk, Joamie and Nakasuk schools will remain closed for the afternoon but are expected to reopen Tuesday as usual. Despite the warm temperatures Monday, the remainder of the week is expected to be consistently below zero. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Katrina Kierstead builds an inuksuk on the hills of Goodyear, Ariz. Kierstead has a home in the American desert state, nearly 5,000 kilometres southwest of Pangnirtung where she works as a home-care nurse. Kierstead said that while on a hike recently, she decided to build the inuksuk because she was thinking about her family and fellow community members from the North. “I built the inuksuk because I love what it represents and a huge part of my heart is always in Pangnirtung,” she said. (Photos courtesy of Katrina Kierstead)
The sun rises in Iqaluit on a cold Wednesday morning. Temperatures were expected to drop to -29 C by mid-afternoon and feel like -40 C with the wind chill, but warmer days are expected soon. Environment and Climate Change Canada forecasts a high of -2 C by Saturday and -1 C on Monday. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)