Month: June 2023

Miscellaneous 2023

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This month marks four years since we moved to Inuvik.

Here’s some more assorted northern stuff from 2023 (so far) that doesn’t fit into its own blog post:

We skied from Airport Lake back to town
My work had a booth at this year’s “Science Rendezvous” event
We ran the third year of our annual ski orienteering event at the ski club
Inuvik’s new wind turbine is slowly getting built
We ran in the annual Midnight Sun Fun Run

The Endless Inuvik Pool Debacle

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Inuvik has a fantastic swimming pool. Or at least it does when the pool is actually open…

The pool has had a multitude of issues ever since it opened. The pool closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic, and the town decided to use the opportunity to do some more substantive repairs. These repairs were supposed to take several months, but issue after issue resulted in the repairs dragging out much longer than anticipated. Here are some of the many anticipated opening date announcements that were made over the following years:

During this closure, I started the “Inuvik Pool Pool”, where people could place bets on when the pool was going to open again. It finally opened on March 18, 2023, after 3 years of being closed, much to the delight of local residents.

Inuvik Pool Pool prizes, including the Inuvik Pool Pool Pool Table, the Inuvik Pool Pool Pool Ball, the Inuvik Pool Pool Deadpool stickers, and the Inuvik Pool Pool Pool Cap.

Of course, it was not to last. After concerns about the sealant coming off of the pool, the pool was closed again on May 10, 2023, less than two months after it re-opened. What was supposed to be a short closure to fix the sealant has already been extended until at least August.

R.I.P. Inuvik Pool.