Here are some views from Paulatuk on May 26. The community is far above the treeline, and while these photos were taken it was possible to hear muted shotgun blasts in the distance.
Nearly everyone is hunting geese this time of year.
I asked a resident why the town was founded there. Why have 300 people living a plane ride away from the nearest town? “We’re close to everything, there’s fish, goose and caribou,” he said.
This year’s high-school graduation ceremony saw three students earn their grade 12.
The town has existed in it’s “official” (ie: government recognized) form since the 1960s.
Note: the dog is not deceased. It was just resting.
4 responses so far ↓
sattvicwarrior // May 29, 2007 at 11:49 pm
in shot “F” is that a small solar panal on the telephone pole at the top . just left of the person in the pic?
Philippe Morin // May 30, 2007 at 12:24 am
While I can’t be sure there isn’t one, I cannot see a solar panel and have never heard of solar panels in Paulatuk.
It would just get covered in ice! And think of the darkness!
Anonymous // May 30, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Do you know that there are no solar panels in Paulatuk or are you just makign assumptions? Alot of people use solar power in the summer and switch over to another source for the winter. It can be lucrative to sell off the excess power generated to other people.
Philippe Morin // May 31, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I am not assuming they don’t exist, I really just haven’t heard of them.
No one has ever mentioned their existance to me in a conversation.
I’ll ask around and post a real answer.
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