Faye and Maciek's Adventures in the frosty Canadian North
Inuvik is very multicultural, which the greenhouse capitalized on this year to offer cooking workshops from various different places. Maciek and I were able to attend a couple of them, and it was very exciting to try new cuisines here in Inuvik!
Ethiopian & Sudanese
Nigerian
We unfortunately missed out on the Nepalese, Filipino, and El Salvadoran workshops.
Exciting news: the most recent season of the hit survival TV show “Alone” was filmed right outside Inuvik! This has been one of the worst-kept secrets around town, but the season has finally begun so now everyone knows. The season was filmed last fall; I would guess starting last week of August / first week of September based on foliage and sunset time. We’ll see how far into winter the contestants last. It looks like it’s going to be a great season, and it’s a cool way for y’all to see the environment around Inuvik. The show keeps the contestants pretty close to town so that they can rescue them easily: I think the rule is within 15 minutes of a hospital. The base camp for this season (where the production crew stays) was at the Gwich’in wellness camp.
The Town of Inuvik and Gwich’in Tribal Council hosted a public screening of the first episode and the “before the drop” episode, which is about the preparatory week they do at base camp before going out to their sites.
I hosted Inuvik’s first board game tournament. It took place over two days, 17 people attended, and we had prizes! I got too busy with board games though and forgot to take many pictures. We played three rounds of games of increasing complexity.
