Flora Growing on the Tundra, Sylvia Grinnell Territory Park, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Flora Growing on the Tundra, Sylvia Grinnell Territory Park, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

View from the Plateau, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

View from the Plateau, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

A Woman Taking a Shortcut During Low Tide, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

A Woman Taking a Shortcut During Low Tide, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Iqaluit has the second highest tides in the world where the oceans can rise and fall 10 meters every day.

Cousins, Samantha and Stephanie, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Cousins, Samantha and Stephanie, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

A Childs Play Fort, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

A Childs Play Fort, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Satellite Dishes, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Satellite Dishes, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Five Structures, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Five Structures, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Every structure in Iqaluit is build on stilts to protect the fragile permafrost just below the surface.

Amy-and-Peter's-House,-Iqaluit,-CA-2016_4585.jpg

Amy-and-Peter's-House,-Iqaluit,-CA-2016_4585.jpg

Amy Sitting in Her Shed, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Amy Sitting in Her Shed, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Amy was living is a shed on the beach with her boyfriend Peter. They had been living there for six months.

Evening Visitation, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Evening Visitation, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

This area is referred to the "Harlem" section of town because it houses the poorest people.

Family Out for a Walk, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Family Out for a Walk, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Hunter Returning Home, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Hunter Returning Home, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Hunters use a rifle to hunt for seal and beluga whale, often spending the entire day on the water.

Family Out for a Walk, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Family Out for a Walk, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

No one landscapes their yard in Iqaluit, they just walk out the door and they are immersed in the most amazing environment you can imagine.

Elementary School, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Elementary School, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

This school reminds many of whale blubber, but it's real purpose was to conserve fuel costs during the energy crisis of the 1970's.

Two Boys Who Were Playing on Shipping Crates, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Two Boys Who Were Playing on Shipping Crates, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Two Inuit Men, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Two Inuit Men, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Evening Basketball Game, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Evening Basketball Game, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Ian, Indoor Skateboard Park, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Ian, Indoor Skateboard Park, Iqaluit, CA 2016

St. Jude's Cathedral, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

St. Jude's Cathedral, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Often referred to as the igloo church, the original structure was built in 1972 but was severely damaged by arson in 2005 and was rebuilt in 2012.

North Mart, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

North Mart, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Food often costs up three times what someone would pay for the same item in Toronto. A box of cereal is $8.00 and a one liter bottle of orange juice is $12.00, to just name a few. The canadian government provides subsidies for many Inuit people so they can afford their groceries.

Gaisa 2, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Gaisa 2, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Men Working on the Beach, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Men Working on the Beach, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Beach Sheds at Night, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Beach Sheds at Night, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

A Group of  Local Teenagers, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

A Group of Local Teenagers, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Cemetery, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Cemetery, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Last Houses on the Plateau, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Last Houses on the Plateau, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Scarred Landscape 2, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Scarred Landscape 2, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Free Wood, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Free Wood, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Whale Jawbones, Apex-Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Whale Jawbones, Apex-Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Housing for Cab Drivers, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Housing for Cab Drivers, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

There are approximately 50 cab drivers in Iqaluit that are split up between two companies. A flat rate of seven dollars per person is the only fee charged to take a passenger anywhere in town.

Joe, Stone Carver, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Joe, Stone Carver, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Five Teenagers on Their Cell Phones Playing Pokemon, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Five Teenagers on Their Cell Phones Playing Pokemon, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Pauline, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Pauline, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

View from Happy Valley, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

View from Happy Valley, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Mother with Children, Iqaluit, CA 2016

Mother with Children, Iqaluit, CA 2016

City landfill, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

City landfill, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

$500,000 Houses on-the Plateau, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

$500,000 Houses on-the Plateau, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Shipping Containers, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Shipping Containers, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Scarred Landscape 4,-Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Scarred Landscape 4,-Iqaluit, Canada 2016

I think these vehicles were left over from the previous US military post. Instead of shipping unserviceable equipment back to the states they merely discarded them onto the landscape with no regard for the damage they would do to the environment.

Stream, Road to Nowhere, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

Stream, Road to Nowhere, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

End of the Road, Iqaluit, Canada 2016

End of the Road, Iqaluit, Canada 2016